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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for 20 years, votes in Istanbul during the presidential elections. A former mayor of Istanbul (1994-1998), Erdogan rose to power in 2003 after the Justice and Development Party (AKP, Islamo-conservative) he founded won the elections the previous year. IMAGES
The largest Turkish opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), holds its last rally in Ankara in the final countdown to the toughest election challenge of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the CHP's leader and the six-party opposition's chosen candidate to challenge Erdogan, is currently leading in the polls with a slight advantage and within a whisker of breaking the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff on May 28. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Polish President Andrzej Duda in Ankara as part of Turkey's mediation efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine. IMAGES
People in Turkish-held northern Cyprus, a breakaway state recognised only by Ankara, are voting for a new leader in a run-off election held amid heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. IMAGES
Robert Biedron, the leader of the progressive Spring party, votes in Warsaw in the country's parliamentary elections. IMAGES
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