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France 24: Turkey’s third-place, far-right candidate endorses Erdogan ahead of runoff
The third-placed contender in the Turkish presidential elections on Monday formally endorsed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the second-round runoff vote to be held on May 28th.
The nationalist presidential candidate Sinan Ogan, 55, has emerged as a potential kingmaker after neither Erdogan nor his main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, secured the majority needed for a first-round victory on May 14th.
Ogan, a former academic who was backed by a far-right anti-migrant party, won 5.17% in the May 14 vote and could hold the key to victory in the runoff now that he’s out of the race.
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Update: Erdogan wins endorsement for Turkish election runoff from third-place candidate Ogan (AP)
WNU Editor: It looks like President Erdogan is going to be re-elected again this Sunday.