Turkey's secular opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's chances of winning the presidential run-off look "remote" Analysts say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in a better position given the "comfortable" vote difference. In the parliamentary elections held simultaneously, the People's Alliance won 322 of the 600 seats in the new parliament.

Erdogan is a secular nationalist far from conservatives, but also waged a vigorous campaign against "terrorism," a word many Turkish politicians use to condemn.