![TURKEY-VOTE-ERDOGAN The main opposition candidate in Turkey's presidential election, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu speaks after he cast his vote for Turkey's presidential election at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 10, 2014. Turks were voting in their first direct presidential election Sunday _ a watershed event in TurkeyÕs 91-year history, where the president was previously elected by Parliament. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated the country's politics for the past decade, is the strong front-runn](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/08/453429914.jpg/453429914.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=Wog1w-Di)
![TURKEY-VOTE-ERDOGAN The main opposition candidate in Turkey's presidential election, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu speaks after he cast his vote for Turkey's presidential election at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 10, 2014. Turks were voting in their first direct presidential election Sunday _ a watershed event in TurkeyÕs 91-year history, where the president was previously elected by Parliament. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated the country's politics for the past decade, is the strong front-runn](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/08/453429914.jpg/453429914.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=Wog1w-Di)
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