Voting is due to get under way in Turkey for the country's first ever presidential election.
Three candidates are vying for the position, including current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports BBC.
Erdogan's two rivals are a little-known diplomat, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas.
A second round will be held on August 24 if none of the candidates get above 50% of the vote.
Polls are due to open at 08:00 local time and close at 17:00.
Erdogan, 60, has been prime minister since 2003 and is barred from standing for the office again.
Turkey - wedged between the turmoil of Iraq, Syria and Ukraine - is an important ally for the West.
