ISTANBUL -- Turkey goes to the polls Sunday with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan trailing his chief rival while another candidate's last-minute pullout raises the stakes in the toughest re-election battle of his career, analysts said.
Turkey elections
Turkey's Erdogan trails rival in toughest re-election battle yet
Too early to write off longtime leader after past victories, observers caution
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, left, is battling his toughest re-election campaign against Kemal Kilicdaroglu. (Source photos by Reuters)
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