Continued U.S. funding for Ukraine was a key concern for leaders in the military alliance, who met as the current allocation is running down and a Ukrainian counteroffensive appears stalled.
Seen by some as spoiler but by others as a kingmaker, Sinan Ogan, the far-right candidate who came in third in the vote, says he is being courted by the two finalists: the sitting president and his challenger.
European leaders would be delighted to have “an easier Turkey,” while Russia could lose an important economic and diplomatic partnership should the Turkish leader lose power in Sunday’s elections.