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Follow the vote: Turkey election run-off results 2023
Neither candidate crossed the 50 percent mark for an outright win on May 14, triggering an unprecedented run-off vote.
Published On 28 May 2023
Results, candidates, issues: Turkey election run-off in 400 words
A simple guide on run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
Published On 28 May 2023
Turkish voters to choose their president: Erdogan or Kilicdaroglu
Neither candidate crossed the 50-percent mark for an outright win on May 14, triggering an unprecedented run-off vote.
Published On 28 May 2023
Erdogan: The man who has dominated Turkish politics for 20 years
As Turks gear up to vote this weekend, here’s a look at key moments during the rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Published On 13 May 2023
Kemal Kilicdaroglu: The challenger seeking to unseat Erdogan
Turkey’s polls this weekend will pit opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu against incumbent President Erdogan.
Published On 13 May 2023

Modi opens India’s new parliament as opposition boycotts

Opposition parties say the new four-storey building should have been inaugurated by the president not the PM.

Hindu priests hand over a royal golden sceptre to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to be installed near the chair of the speaker during the start of the inaugural ceremony of the new parliament building, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, 28 May 2023. The new triangular parliament building, built at an estimated cost of $120 million, is part of a $2.8 billion revamp of British-era offices and residences in central New Delhi called "Central Vista", even as India's major opposition parties boycotted the inauguration, in a rare show of unity against the Hindu nationalist ruling party that has completed nine years in power and is seeking a third term in crucial general elections next year