Turkish citizens began casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections at 8:00 a.m. local time (GMT 0500) on Sunday. Some 59 million Turks will cast their votes in more than 180,000 ballot boxes across the country. Polls will close at 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT). The ballot counting will ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he does not rule out forming a coalition in parliament if his ruling-party led alliance does not win an overall majority in tight polls this weekend. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) — running together with its junior partner the Nationalist Movement Party ...