
The night of May 28, 2023 Turkey successfully elected it’s leader for the next five years via a run-off election. Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly defeated Kemal Kilicdaroglu by a count of 52%-48%. This was the ending to the most anticipated election of the 21st century within Turkey. Many of Turkey’s various parties came together behind Kemal Kilicdaroglu in opposition to Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003.