The last count of the first round of the presidential election in Turkey grants 49.5% of the vote to the Head of State Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in power for 20 years, against 44.9% to his Social Democratic rival Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. A second round is scheduled for May 28.
The outcome of the second round looks more than uncertain for the opposition, which claimed Sunday night to be "in the lead" It will depend in part on a third man, ultranationalist Sinan Ogan, who won 5.2% and has not yet announced whether he will support one of the two candidates.