Holly Johnston

CHP candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has renewed outreach to young people while blasting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's handling of economic crisis

With 99 per cent of ballot boxes opened, President had won 49.4 per cent of votes

Supporters of all parties tell The National they are disappointed, but most plan to vote again on May 28

Despite record turnout, voters will return to polls as there was no clear victory

Survivors of February’s earthquake tell The National they are voting for the opposition as Turks cast their ballot

Six million first-time voters are eligible to vote in Turkey's most important election in decades

Leading opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu is a member of the minority sect

Close race predicted as country decides whether it wants a new leader for the first time in more than 20 years

Opposition leader and former civil servant pledges to boost democracy but champions refugee deportations

Despite record inflation, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is still kingmaker in his Kasimpasa neighbourhood

President Erdogan has long courted Turks abroad, but some younger voters are looking for change, experts say

Judiciary says Youssef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare ran online groups promoting atheism

Confiscation is the second in the past week

Bashar Al Assad hails 'rich' relations between the countries

Mayor says those who refuse face series of steps ending in denial of access to public transport network