Runoff Likely in Turkey

“Turkey’s presidential election appeared on Sunday to be headed for a runoff after the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, failed to win a majority of the vote, a result that left the longtime leader struggling to stave off the toughest political challenge of his career,” the New York Times reports.

Washington Post: “The vote marks Erdogan’s toughest electoral challenge during two decades at the top of Turkish politics, and it is effectively a referendum on the strongman leader’s rule. The results could have sweeping consequences for the nation’s economy and political freedoms, as well as the balance of global power.”