On Sunday, President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey declared victory in the presidential election, extending his increasingly autocratic leadership into a third decade.
Erdogan told his followers that the people have chosen him to be their leader for the ensuing five years.
From atop a bus in Istanbul, he declared to applauding fans, “The only winner is Turkey.
The final, official findings have not yet been made public.
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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Erdogan’s rival, did not immediately respond to his victory speech.
The opposition had hopes of unseating Erdogan, fueled by a cost-of-living crisis that eroded his popularity. This election was deemed crucial for Turkey. However, Erdogan’s triumph will further fortify his belief in his invincibility. He has already made substantial changes to the country’s political, economic, security. And international policies, solidifying Turkey’s status as a regional power.
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His supporters gathered at his Istanbul home in expectation of victory as statistics from the opposition ANKA news agency. The state-run Anadolu agency indicated that he had won with about 99% of the ballots counted.
State-run Anadolu cited Erdogan as stating, “All 85 million of our citizens are winners of both the May 14 and May 28 elections.”
“We proclaimed, ‘We will win in a way that no one will lose.'” Turkey is the sole winner today, he emphasised.
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According to Ahmet Yener, chairman of the Supreme Election Council (YSK). Erdogan is presently in the lead in the presidential runoff with 53.41% of the vote. While the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu is in second place with 46.59% of the vote.
Erdogan gained the lead with 49.52% on May 14. But no contender received the necessary 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. On May 14, Erdogan’s political coalition also gained a majority in the legislature.
Erdogan thanked the Turkish people by saying, “We have finished the second round of the presidential election with the favour of our nation.”
“I would like to thank each and every member of our nation who once again conveyed to us the responsibility of governing the country for the next five years,” he continued.
In Moscow, they would likely celebrate the defeat of Kilicdaroglu, who vowed to put the nation on a more democratic and cooperative path, after Turkey adopted a more combative and autonomous foreign policy. However, Western capitals and most of the Middle East would likely lament it.