Turkish President Erdogan crossed what could be considered the last electoral hurdle in his political career, which was the most testing and difficult for him, given the volume of files accumulated prior to the elections.

The leader of Turkiye’s ultranationalist Victory Party has endorsed the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, breaking ranks with the party’s former presidential hopeful Sinan Ogan, who endorsed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised his supporters a bigger victory when they return to the polls in 10 days in a run-off vote for the country’s top job.

Turkiye is set for a runoff presidential election on May 28 after neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu won more than half of votes on May 14.