Erdogan wins endorsement for Turkish election run-off from third-place candidate

Turkish president and People’s Alliance’s presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Sinan Ogan, former presidential candidate from ATA alliance, in Istanbul, Turkey (Turkish Presidency via AP)

The third-placed contender in the Turkish presidential election has formally endorsed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the second-round run-off vote to be held on May 28.

The nationalist presidential candidate Sinan Ogan, 55, has emerged as a potential kingmaker after neither Mr Erdogan nor his main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, secured the majority needed for a first-round victory on May 14.