Las Vegas Sun

April 23, 2024

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won the country's first ever direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, according to an unofficial vote count, salutes cheering supporters at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Turks were voting in their first direct presidential election Sunday - a watershed event in Turkey’s 91-year history, where the president was previously elected by Parliament.

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won the country's first ever direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, according to an unofficial vote count, salutes cheering supporters at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Turks were voting in their first direct presidential election Sunday - a watershed event in Turkey’s 91-year history, where the president was previously elected by Parliament.