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Live blog update| Turkey elections 2023

In pictures: People line up to vote two hours before polls close

Millions of people in Turkey from all walks of life continued to line up to cast their votes across the country in mid-afternoon, with polls set to close at 5pm local time (2pm GMT). 

In one polling station in Istanbul, a man who couldn't travel due to his illness was brought in by an ambulance to vote. 

A mother arrived with her infant baby at another polling station in Antakya, one of the cities devastated in February's twin earthquakes.

People queue to vote outside containers acting as improvised polling stations during the presidential and parliamentary elections in the southern Turkish city of Antakya (AFP)
People queue to vote outside containers acting as improvised polling stations during the presidential and parliamentary elections in the southern Turkish city of Antakya (AFP)

Antakya was one of the cities most devastated by the twin earthquakes earlier this year. (AFP)
Antakya was one of the cities most devastated by the twin earthquakes earlier this year (AFP)

People young and old queued up outside polling stations across the country to vote (AFP)
People young and old queued up outside polling stations across the country to vote (AFP)

One voter in Istanbul was picked up by ambulance form home and taken to vote as he was not well enough to travel on his own (Reuters)
One voter in Istanbul was picked up by ambulance from home and taken to vote as he was not well enough to travel on his own (Reuters)

Polls will close at 5 pm local time, with preliminary results expected later in the evening (AP)
Polls will close at 5pm local time, with preliminary results expected later in the evening (AP)