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Akşener runs in Turkey's 2018 presidential election

On 24 June 2018 Meral Akşener ran for president of Turkey and received about 7% of the vote, finishing fourth.

Meral Akşener (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 24 June 2018 Meral Akşener ran for president of Turkey and received about 7% of the vote, finishing fourth.

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  • Meral Akşener

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    Akşener runs in Turkey's 2018 presidential election. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.turkishminute.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: ak+2018 · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Akşener runs in Turkey's 2018 presidential election. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/aksener-runs-for-president-2018-06-24

https://factrail.ai/facts/aksener-runs-for-president-2018-06-24

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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