Today, we're talking about monumental elections in Turkey, Zelensky's Offensives, Death

on the Subway, and other top news for Monday, May 15th.

Stay informed while we're remaining focused on Christ with the pourover.

Here's the verse of the week, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come

again and will take you to myself, that where I am, you may be also.

John, Chapter 14, verse 3.

Let's get started with some espresso shots.

All 600 Parliament seats and the presidency were up for election in Turkey yesterday.

Incompet President Tayyip Erdogan is seeking a controversial third term.

During his tenure, Turkey has moved from a relatively secular Islamic nation to a more

hardline Islamic state.

Tayyip Erdogan faces fierce opposition after cracking down on the Kurdish people in Eastern

Turkey, and over his response to this year's deadly earthquakes.

But his camp isn't empty.

He also distributed gifts in the weeks before the vote, promising free gas to Turkish citizens,

raising some workers' salaries, and even declaring that Turkey struck oil.

With no official results declared, it seemed last night that Erdogan and his opponent

Kamal Khalic Darolu will head to a May 28th face-off election.

Erdogan's coalition, however, appears on track to become the largest block in Parliament,

as expected.

Voting is an important and powerful way to create change around the globe.

However, as Christians, our hope is never contingent on the outcome of an election or the

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