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Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince withdraws days before vote
Turkish presidential election candidate Muharrem Ince, one of four contesting Sunday’s vote, said on Thursday he was withdrawing from the race, in a potential boost to the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ince was one of four candidates in the vote, alongside Erdogan, his main opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Sinan Ogan. A survey earlier showed Erdogan lagging Kilicdaroglu by more than five percentage points ahead of the election.
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