President has urged supporters not to be complacent amid faltering challenge from Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Turkish voters are heading back to the polls for an unprecedented second round of a presidential election in which Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hopes to see off a faltering challenge from rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

In the first round earlier this month, Erdoğan upended expectations and many pollsters’ predictions by coming out ahead with 49.5% of the vote, forcing his rival into second place with 44.5%. A further upset occurred in the parliamentary vote, where Erdoğan’s coalition won a comfortable majority.

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