Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will extend his increasingly authoritarian 20-year rule after beating rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the country's first-ever election run-off.
abc.net.au/news/turkiye-election-results-erdogan-ankara/102403918Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed victory in Turkey's presidential election, a win that would steer his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.The run-off presidential election was the first in the country's historyAddressing supporters, Mr Erdoğan said voters had given him the responsibility to rule for the next five years.Final official results have yet to be released.
There was no immediate response to Mr Erdoğan's victory speech from his challenger, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.Mr Erdoğan after his popularity was hit by a cost-of-living crisis.Instead, victory will reinforce his image of invincibility, after having already redrawn domestic, economic, security and foreign policy in the NATO member country of 85 million people and positioned Türkiye as a regional power.
Supporters gathered at his Istanbul residence in anticipation of victory as data reported by both state-run Anadolu agency and the opposition ANKA news agency gave him the edge with nearly 99 per cent of ballot boxes counted. The head of the High Election Board earlier told a news conference that Mr Erdoğan was leading Mr Kılıçdaroğlu with 54.47 per cent support, with 54.6 per cent of ballot boxes logged.Mr Erdoğan, head of the Islamist-rooted AK Party, appealed to voters with nationalist and conservative rhetoric during a divisive campaign that deflected attention from deep economic troubles.
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