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Turkey’s Runoff Presidential Election: What You Need to Know | WSJ

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Turkey’s tightest presidential election in years is headed to a runoff on May 28. Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the second round of the presidential election after neither won Sunday’s tight first round. The poll was one of the most serious challenges yet to Erdogan’s two decades in power.

WSJ’s Jared Malsin explains what’s at stake.

0:00 Erdogan did not get the vote of confidence he expected
0:20 Erdogan’s potential reelection
1:55 Kilicdarouglu’s potential election
2:42 What’s next?

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