Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey's presidential election, extending his rule for a third decade. Long-time ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan defeated opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. With 99.43 per cent of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Sunday showed Erdogan winning with 52.14 per cent of the votes.
Before the results became official, Erdogan appeared singing in celebration of the victory atop a campaign bus outside his residence in Istanbul, CNN reported. Along with this, he thanked the nation by addressing a large crowd of cheerful supporters waving the Turkish flag. "We completed the second round of presidential elections in favour of our nation. I want to thank my country for giving me a day of democracy."
"The winners of both the May 14 and May 28 elections are all our 85 million citizens," he said, referring to two election rounds, while speaking at his party headquarters in the capital Ankara, Kelikdaroglu said he would continue to fight until "real democracy" comes to Turkey. "It was the most unfair election period in our history. We did not bow down to an atmosphere of fear. In this election, despite all the pressures, the desire of the people to change the authoritarian government became clear.
Let us know that after the devastating earthquake in Turkey in February, the difficulties for Erdogan increased. There was a lot of resentment against the government among the general public. They had to work hard to win this time. Qatar's Tamim bin Hamad congratulated Erdogan on his victory. "Congratulations on the victory, best wishes for the new term," he said.
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