Turkey’s elections for presidency and parliament under way

A man votes at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey (AP Photo)

Voters in Turkey are heading to the polls on Sunday for pivotal parliamentary and presidential elections that are expected to be tightly contested and could be the biggest challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces in his two decades in power.

The vote will either grant Mr Erdogan a new five-year term in office or set the Nato-member country on what his principal opponent calls a more democratic path.