The head of Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) confirmed on Monday that the presidential election will go to a runoff between President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival on May 28 as neither can reach the 50 percent threshold to win outright.

YSK Chairman Ahmet Yener told reporters that with around 35,000 votes left to be counted, Erdogan had 49.51% support and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu had 44.88 percent. (Reuters)