Humira Pamuk is a correspondent for Reuters who covers foreign policy. In the first round, Recep Tayyip Erdogan garnered 49.4 percent of the vote. His rival opposition challenger Kemal Khulish Tsurulu got around 45 percentof the vote. The economist has declared this as one of the most important elections of 2023. It's quite the nail-biting, nerve-wracking competition so far.
After 21 years of leading Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a global political giant. But a crumbling Turkish economy and the opposition candidate pose the biggest threat to his power in years.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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