Turkey is hanging in the balance after 20 years of Erdogan in power. The head of state is forced to a runoff, scheduled for May 28, against his Social Democratic opponent.
Russia expects that, regardless of the outcome of the elections, cooperation between Moscow and Ankara "will continue, deepen and expand" The Popular Alliance formed by Erdogan's AKP and other far-right and Islamist parties obtains a majority with 322 parliamentarians out of 600, a number however insufficient to change the Constitution.