Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu are concluding their campaigns ahead of the country's closest elections in modern history. The polls have shown Kilicdaroglu with a lead over Erdogan, but it is still unclear whether he will secure enough support (above 50% of the vote) to win the presidential election in the first round, avoiding a runoff. Earlier this week, an Istanbul prosecutor launched an investigation against a journalist for disseminating misleading information about an assassination team allegedly entering Turkey from Georgia to target Kilicdaroglu. Meanwhile, the Kremlin denied Kilicdaroglu's accusations that Russia was meddling in the elections.

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