Sinan Ogan, Turkey’s nationalist presidential candidate who finished third in Sunday’s election, said he could only support main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runoff if he agrees to offer no concessions to a pro-Kurdish party.
Fred Beleri, the Greek minority candidate in the Himara region of southern Albania, has responded to news of his victory in the local elections held on Sunday.
Turkey’s presidential elections appeared headed for a runoff Monday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulling ahead of his chief challenger, but falling short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.
Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan’s opponents faced an uphill struggle to end his two-decade rule on Monday after he performed better than expected in a first round of voting on Sunday, but fell short of an outright majority, leaving the contest to a runoff.
Ahead of the upcoming elections on Sunday, May 21, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to visit the Athens suburb of Zografou Monday. Later in the evening, at 7 p.m., Mitsotakis will address a New Democracy event at the Nikos Kazantzakis Theatre in Iraklio, Crete.
Fredi Beleri, the candidate representing the Greek minority, emerged victorious over his opponent Jorgo Goro, who had the backing of the Edi Rama government, in the race for the mayor of Himara in Albania’s local elections.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has reacted to the outcome of Turkey’s elections on Sunday, where incumbent President Tayyip Erdogan performed better than expected in the first round of voting but fell short of an outright majority, leading to a runoff.
Greece will hold a national election on May 21, as a cost-of living crisis takes its toll on households.
Fourteen years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crash out of the euro, single parent Niki Klaoudatou says she worries more about money now than she did during the worst years of the country’s economic meltdown.
Turkey’s lira hit a two-month low on Monday and the country’s credit default swaps jumped as a tightly-contested presidential election headed towards a runoff vote, while broader emerging market equities snapped a four-day losing streak.