Turkey election 2023 updates: Voting ends in tight race

All the updates from Turkey’s elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his biggest political challenge.

turkey election
[Yves Herman/Reuters]
By Arwa Ibrahim, Dana Abu Hijleh, Urooba Jamal, Elizabeth Melimopoulos and Federica Marsi
Published On 14 May 2023
|
Updated: 6 Jun 2023 (08:52 GMT)

Save

  • This blog is now closed. You can visit our Turkey elections results blog here.
  • Polls have officially closed in Turkey’s elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest political challenge of his two-decade rule. His main rival is opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.