Turkey

Turkey’s Erdogan wins presidential election, extending rule into third decade

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Turkey’s election chief declared the incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan winner of the run-off presidential election on May 28, 2023, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. Erdogan’s victory came despite rampant inflation in the country, which is still recovering from the deadly February earthquake that levelled entire cities.

May 29, 2023