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This handout photograph taken and released on May 19, 2023 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meeting the former presidential candidate of the ATA Alliance Sinan Ogan at Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul. (Photo by Handout / Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This handout photograph taken and released on May 19, 2023 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meeting the former presidential candidate of the ATA Alliance Sinan Ogan at Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul. (Photo by Handout / Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

TOPSHOT - Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Turkey's presidental and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023. Turkey is braced for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan leave a polling station after voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 14, 2023. The 69-year-old Turkish President, who runs for reelection, faces the toughest election challenge of his two-decade rule as he has been slowly losing support from key segments of the population that rallied around him during a more prosperous decade that followed his rise in 2003. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

Supporters of the incumbent Turkish President, who runs for reelection, gesture and cheer as they gather for a rally in the Beyoglu district on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections, on the European side of Istanbul, on May 13, 2023. Erdogan warned his conservative supporters they could face reprisals should his secular rival rise to power in momentous weekend polls. Erdogan has been trying to rally his base ahead of elections that put his Islamic style of rule in the largest Muslim-majority member of NATO on the line. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

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(FILES) Turkey's Chairman of Homeland (Memleket) Party Muharrem Ince makes a statement after applying for the Presidency candidacy to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in Ankara on March 20, 2023. Third-party candidate Muharrem Ince on May 11, 1023, withdrew from Turkey's tight presidential election in a shock move that raised the chances of an opposition first-round victory. The 59-year-old announced his decision after being targeted by an online smear campaign that included doctored images of him meeting women and riding around in fancy cars. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing his toughest elections test yet to retain a decade-long rule. - Pic: AFP