<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Polls have closed in the most pivotal elections in Turkey's modern history, to decide if Recep Tayyip Erdogan stays president after 20 years in power.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>His main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, promises to scrap many of the powers acquired by President Erdogan after he survived a failed coup in 2016.</div><div><br></div><div>Buoyed by a broad opposition alliance, he has a real chance of winning.</div><div><br></div><div>Two issues have troubled Turkey's 64 million voters more than anything: soaring inflation and two earthquakes.</div><div><br></div><div>But many voters are also looking for change after two decades.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Kilicdaroglu promises this Nato member state a path back towards a pro-Western, more democratic stance, while President Erdogan's Islamist-rooted government has accused the West of plotting to bring him down.</div><div><br></div><div>The race has become febrile in recent days and voters queued at polling stations even before they opened.</div><div><br></div><div>In Antakya, one of the cities hardest hit by the February earthquakes, more than 100 buses arrived bringing people displaced by the disaster so they could vote. Eleven of the country's provinces have been affected.</div><div><br></div><div>To secure outright victory on Sunday, the winner needs more than 50% of the vote. Otherwise it goes to a run-off in two weeks' time.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Kilicdaroglu, 74, arrived at a packed polling station at an Ankara school to chants of "everything will be all right", while one voter shouted out "grandpa", which has become a term of affection for young voters.</div><div><br></div><div>Sima, who came with her friend Pilay to welcome him, said she was excited at the thought of change after more than 20 years. According to BBC reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>