Country analysts are all but certain of an Erdogan victory.
The winner will preside over a divided country in flux dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, complex security issues, and an increasingly crucial role in global geopolitics.
Still, no candidate surpassed the 50% threshold required to win; and with Erdogan at 49.5% and Kilicdaroglu at 44.7%, a runoff election was set for two weeks after the first vote on May 14. The winner will preside over a divided country in flux, a cost-of-living crisis, complex security issues, and – as the second-largest military in NATO and a key mediator between Ukraine and Russia – an increasingly crucial role in global geopolitics.
He promised to "send all refugees home" if elected, and accused Erdogan of flooding the country with them. He also claimed that Turkey's cities would be at the mercy of criminal gangs and refugee mafias if Erdogan were to stay in power. The vast majority of refugees in Turkey are from neighboring war-torn Syria.
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