Agony, ecstasy as Erdogan wins historic Turkey run-off

THE dreams of Turkey’s opposition gave way to crushing disappointment yesterday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028.

Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu entered the country’s first ever run-off as the clear underdog after Erdogan came within a whisker of winning outright in the first round on May 14.