People across Turkey are casting their ballots in the country’s presidential election run-off.

Here is all you need to know, simplified in just 400 words.

The politicians cast their votes from Ankara and Istanbul in the election.

Erdogan greeted supporters as he cast his vote in Istanbul, calling on Turks to vote in the high-stakes election.

“I think the vote counting process will be very fast today. It is important to see such elections for the presidency for the Turkish democracy,” the incumbent said after voting.

“Participation at 90 percent is typical in the first round. Turkey affirmed its adherence to democracy with a 90 percent participation in the elections. I hope that the results of the elections will be good for Turkey. We appeal to voters to go to the polls and adhere to democracy,” he also said.

Kilicdaroglu has voted at Argentina Primary School in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

“In order to get rid of the tyrannical regime and in order to establish real democracy, I appeal to all citizens to go to the polling stations.

“These elections are taking place under difficult conditions due to attempts at deception, but I believe that citizens are free and willing to go to the polls,” Erdogan’s rival said after voting.

Translation: Press release.

A Turkish man has arrived on a hospital bed to cast his vote at a polling station, cheered and applauded by onlookers.

Social media users shared videos of the man as he entered the station with the help of paramedics.

Erdogan and his wife have arrived at Uskudar Saffet Celebi High School school to cast their votes, Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu reported from Istanbul.

Crowds cheered the incumbent as he made his way into the polling station in the Uskudar neighbourhood, said Al Jazeera’s Omar Lavi.

Translation: #BREAKINGNEWS President Erdogan casts his ballot in Uskudar.

Sinan Ogan, who came third in the first-round vote, has voted at Kocatepe Mimar Kemal Anadolu High School in the capital, Ankara.

The nationalist politician, who eventually endorsed Erdogan, was dubbed “kingmaker” for his potential to influence the second-round vote.

Translation: #LastMinute | Sinan Ogan voted: I hope that this election will bring stability to our country and we will contribute to this.

Results for the presidential run-off are expected earlier compared to the first round.

Ahmet Yener, chairman of the Supreme Election Board, explained in a televised statement that counting took longer on May 14 because the ballot included 24 parties running for parliament and four candidates for president.

A broadcast ban on announcing results is likely to be lifted around 6:30pm local time (15:30 GMT).

An additional 47,523 people, who had their 18th birthdays between May 14 and 28, are eligible to vote in the second round.

“There are 60 million voters in Turkey. They were joined by more than 47,000 new voters from the last round because they turned 18,” said Al Jazeera’s Farah Al-Zaman Shawqi in Ankara.

Kilicdaroglu has tried to appeal to Turkish youth during the campaign trail by referencing the cost-of-living crisis, the sharp slide in the lira and soaring inflation.

A Turkish voter has arrived at a polling station in Istanbul to cast her vote with her white lamb trailing her.

Social media users shared videos of the voter and her snazzily dressed lamb at the ballot box.

Erdogan is expected to vote soon in Istanbul, after which he will travel to the capital Ankara, according to Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu.

He is expected to arrive at the polling station in the country’s first domestically produced electric vehicle, the TOGG T10X, which he has promoted during the campaign, she said.

The country’s high election commission may also consider ending the ban on media discussing election results earlier than planned, according to Al Jazeera’s Sami Zeidan, as results may be out earlier than expected.

Reporting from Izmir, Al Jazeera’s Ahmad Val says voter turnout is very high in the coastal city.

“There is intense competition between the candidates,” Val added.

“This city tends to vote for the opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP). Kilicdaroglu is trying to convince people who voted for Sinan Ogan here to vote for him,” he added, referring to the third presidential candidate in the first round of the vote.

Leader of the Good (IYI) Party, Meral Aksener, has voted in Istanbul.

Polling stations across Turkey appear calmer and more orderly as Turks flocked to vote.

Reporting from Istanbul, Al Jazeera’s Omar Lafi also said no queues could be seen at polling stations.

With parliamentary seats already decided in the May 14 first-round election, voters are only choosing between Erdogan and his rival, Kilicdaroglu, as the next president.

People of all ages are heading out across the country to vote.

Observers expect a large turnout in the run-off after an impressive 88.8 percent of some 64 million eligible voters went to the polls in the first round.

Erdogan won 49.5 percent of that vote, leading with 2.5 million, against Kilicdaroglu who got 44.9 percent.

Both candidates now have their eye on the eight million citizens who did not vote in the first round but could tip the balance if they vote this time.

As Turks head to the polls yet again, millions of Syrian refugees in the country are watching anxiously, uncertain about how the outcome could shape their future.

Immigration has been a central issue in the elections. The campaign has seen several opposition politicians pledging to expel refugees while the government has highlighted its plans to press ahead with what it calls voluntary repatriation of Syrians.

The situation has left many Syrians in Turkey deeply worried about their future in the country.

“I don’t know what will happen after the election,” said Habib, 23, whose name has been changed to protect his identity.

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Turks heading to the polls to cast their ballots have taken part in the country’s first-ever run-off to elect a president.

Kilicdaroglu got 44.9 percent in the first round against 49.5 percent for Erdogan, reflecting solid support for the incumbent despite a deep cost-of-living crisis and polls that had shown Kilicdaroglu in the lead.

Pollsters later pointed to an unexpected surge in nationalist support at the ballot box to explain the result.

Erdogan has said a vote for him will ensure stability after his alliance secured a parliamentary majority.

As Turks head out to the polls, the voter turnout appears to be larger than in the first round, according to Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu in Istanbul.

Lines are moving fairly quickly as the process to vote in the run-off is much easier than the first round, she said, with Turks voting only for the president and having a choice between just two candidates.

In the vote on May 14, it was a choice between three candidates, in addition to the parliamentary election, said Koseoglu, and lines moved slower as people struggled to fill out the larger ballot papers.

“[People] have an appetite” to vote, she added.

Turkey’s lira has hit a record low ahead of the country’s election decider, with the currency looking increasingly dysfunctional.

The value of the lira has plunged 80 percent over the last five years, embedding an inflation problem and shattering Turks’ confidence in their currency.

Since a painful 2021 crisis, the authorities have taken an increasingly hands-on role in foreign exchange markets, to the point that some economists now openly debate whether the lira can still be regarded as free-floating.

Its daily moves have become unnaturally small and mostly go in one direction – down.