Turkey's presidential election appears headed to a runoff 

   

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, appeared to be headed to a runoff, as an unofficial count showed neither winning a majority in Sunday's presidential election. State-owned news agency Anadolu said with nearly all ballots counted Erdogan led with 49.4 percent of the vote, compared to 44.8 percent for Kilicdaroglu. A third candidate got 5 percent. The vote marked the biggest challenge Erdogan has faced in his 20-year rule, and a referendum on Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian policies. Opinion polls ahead of Sunday's vote had given Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party alliance, a narrow lead over Erdogan, whose support thinned due to an economic crisis and the government's slow response to a February earthquake that killed 50,000.