After evaluating all the votes, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the majority of the votes. Supporters of the country’s leader have gathered near his residence in Istanbul and are ready to celebrate the victory.
Turkey’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the second round of the presidential race. Anadolu Agency is writing on the subject on May 28, based on data from the Central Election Commission.
After processing 100 percent of the votes, he received more votes than his opponent Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the second round.
“The time has come to defend the will of our people above our heads until the last moment,” Erdogan said on Telegram before the vote count.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Erdogan won the Turkish presidential election.
“Congratulations on the occasion of the victory in the Presidential elections. We look forward to further strengthening the strategic partnership for the benefit of our countries, as well as strengthening cooperation for the security and stability of Europe,” the Ukrainian leader said. said.
As the agency pointed out, the second round of voting was held in the presidential elections for the first time in Turkey’s history. The ballot boxes opened at 08:00 local time and closed at 17:00 in the evening.
Erdogan won by a 4% margin (52.16% vs. 47.84%).
The number of voters exceeded 60 million. In the first round, Erdoğan received 49.52% of the votes, and Kılıçdaroğlu 44.88%. To win the presidential election in Turkey in the first round, you had to get more than 50% of the votes.
Erdogan was welcomed in front of his residence in Istanbul
According to Reuters, Erdogan’s supporters gathered outside his residence in Istanbul in anticipation of victory. The people there shout “Allahu Akbar”.
The President of Turkey called out to them, announced the completion of the second round of elections, and sang a song to them.
You gave me the responsibility of governing the country for another 5 years,” he said.
Experts believe that this victory for the current leader will not be very positive. The Turkish leader is unlikely to change domestic and foreign policy if he stays in power, according to experts who spoke to Euronews in May.
Ilke Toigur, professor of European geopolitics at Carlos III University in Madrid, said a victory could further weaken Erdogan.
“I would expect an even more frightening stance when it comes to democracy and foreign policy,” the expert said.
During his years in office, Erdogan has been accused of abandoning secular democracy in Turkey in favor of authoritarian rule. Ankara’s relations with its NATO allies have deteriorated over the past few years, in part due to tensions over Turkey’s growing ties with Russia.
Previously Focus He wrote that Erdogan’s positions in the first round of the elections were hit hard by his inefficient economic policy.
On May 19, Erdogan spoke about Turkey’s special ties with Russia, despite increasing pressure from the West. Ankara will not impose sanctions on Moscow.
Source: Focus
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