The Turkish president, whom the polls placed 5 points behind the candidate of the united opposition, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, finally leads him by the same amount. With 49.5% of the vote, he came close to victory in the first round and enters the second, scheduled for May 28, from a position of strength.
It would therefore take a dramatic turn of events to prevent the neosultan from entering a third decade at the helm of the country. He is accused of undermining the fundamentals of secular democracy in Turkey, subjecting institutions to his will.