The president of TürkiyeRecep Tayyip Erdogan, achieved victory in the second round of the presidential elections in his country, international media report.
With more than 99.4% of the votes counted, preliminary data shows a result of 52.14% for Erdogan and 47.86% for his rival, the Social Democrat Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.
This was confirmed at a press conference by the president of the Turkish Electoral Council, Ahmed Yener, aforementioned by CNNby declaring Erdogan the winner.
In this way, the current president will continue for another five years at the helm of Turkey.
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“For the next five years, the responsibility of running the country has been handed over to us,” Erdogan told large supporters gathered in Istanbul. reports the agency EFE.
Erdogan insisted that the result, together with that of the parliamentary elections held at the same time as the first round of the presidentialis a failure for the CHP, Kiliçdaroglu’s social democratic formation, in opposition.
For his part, Kiliçdaroglu admitted his defeat in the elections, but promised to continue his fight from the opposition.
Despite all the pressures, the will of the people to change the authoritarian regime has become evident. We will continue to fight. Our march continues.” insisted the 74-year-old politician who has led the CHP since 2010 and who ran for the first time this year as a candidate for the head of State and Government.
On May 14, none of the candidates achieved the necessary majority to become head of state in the first round of the presidential elections, recalls EFE.
That day Erdogan won by touching an absolute majority by obtaining 49.5% of the votes, compared to 44.9% for Kiliçdaroglu, with a participation in the polls of 89% in Turkish territory and 86% if they enter into the calculation also the more than three million citizens residing abroad.
Now, in the second round, the president finally achieved re-election.
After knowing the results, leaders of several countries have begun to congratulate Erdogan for his success at the polls.
