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Turkey is headed for a run-off vote in two weeks' time, after neither Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu won an outright majority in Sunday's election.
土耳其将在两周后举行决选投票，在之前于周日进行的选举中，雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安和他的主要竞争对手基马尔·基利奇达洛格鲁都未能获得绝对多数支持。
The results reflect the deep polarization in a country at a political crossroads.
选举结果反映了这个处于政治十字路口的国家的严重两极分化。
Erdogan has led the NATO member for twenty years and the vote was seen as a verdict on his increasingly authoritarian path.
埃尔多安已领导这个北约成员国长达20年的时间，此次投票被视为对他日益独裁的道路的判决。
Kilicdaroglu, who leads a six-party opposition alliance determined to unseat him,
而领导着一个六方反对派联盟的基利奇达洛格鲁，决心将埃尔多安赶下台，
urged his supporters to be patient and accused Erdogan's party of interfering with the counting and reporting of results.
他鼓励自己的支持者保持耐心，并指责埃尔多安所属政党干扰计票和结果汇报的工作。
He said he will win in the runoff against Erdogan.
基利奇达洛格鲁称，他会在决选中战胜埃尔多安。
Erdogan, who performed better than pre-election polls had predicted, appeared in a confident and combative mood.
埃尔多安的表现要好于选前民调的预期，展现出了自信和斗志。
Addressing his supporters in Ankara, he claimed to be millions of votes ahead of his competitor, but stopped short of declaring an outright victory.
在安卡拉向支持者发表讲话时，他声称自己领先竞争对手数百万张选票，但没有宣布彻底获胜。
The election was held against the backdrop of soaring inflation and in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes.
这次选举是在通货膨胀飙升和毁灭性地震之后举行的。
Now the country of 85 million people faces two weeks of uncertainty that could rattle markets.
现在，这个拥有8500万人口的国家面临着长达两周的不确定性，这可能会扰乱市场。
The question of who eventually becomes Turkey's next president will reverberate well beyond its borders.
而谁最终会成为土耳其的下一任总统，这个问题的影响将远远超出土耳其国界。
