DPA
Istanbul
Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s run-off presidential vote for another five-year term, Supreme Election Board (YSK) head Ahmet Yener said on Sunday.
Erdogan received 52.14 percent of the votes, Yener said.His rival Kemal Kiliçdaroglu received 47.86 percent, according to the preliminary results, Yener added.
Erdogan can now remain in his seat for another five years and for a third time. The 69-year-old became prime minister in 2003. The parliament voted him as president in 2014.
“I thank each member of our nation for entrusting me with the responsibility to govern this country once again for the upcoming five years,” Erdogan said in a speech to the nation.
He ridiculed Kilicdaroglu, saying “bye bye, Kemal,” as supporters booed.
Erdogan, 69, has dominated the Turkish political landscape virtually unchallenged for more than two decades. page 7
