Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been declared the winner

Turkey Erdogan be come president for the next 20 years

The (YSK), which tracks the official results,  had said that Mr. Erdogan was elected as the new president with 52.14 per cent of the votes, compared to 47.86 per cent for his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. With more than 99 per cent of the ballots counted, the YSK chairperson, Ahmed Yener, said Mr Erdogan’s lead of 2 million votes could not be caught.

On Saturday night Mr. Erdogan  Speaking to an estimated 320,000 people outside his palace in Ankara saying : “You gave this duty to me again, we are going to build  Turkey together. Speaking to an estimated 320,000 people outside his palace in Ankara on Saturday night, Mr Erdogan said: “You gave this duty to us again, we will build the century of Turkey together. In one of the most important elections in Turkish history, our nation chose the century of Turkey. They already chose our party as the majority party in the parliament. It is not just us who won, Turkey won.”They already chose our party as the majority party in the parliament. It is not just us who won, Turkey won.”

Mr Erdogan has promised to help Syrian refugees return to their country, with the announcement of a deal to build homes in a deal with Qatar. He also said that inflation was the most urgent issue for the country, but said it would also fall, following the policy rate that was cut to 8.5 per cent from 19 per cent two years ago. “We are designing an economy focused on investment and employment, with a finance management team that has international reputation.”

Trying to secure his legacy as his nation’s most consequential leader since its founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Mr Erdogan campaigned frenetically in the weeks since he exceeded polling forecasts but fell shy of an outright majority in the 14 May first round of the elections, forcing Turkey into a run-off for the first time in its history.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been declared the winner

Focusing on a cost of living crisis driven by rampant inflation Mr Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the centre-left People’s Republican Party (CHP) and architect of a six-party opposition coalition that has posed the greatest political challenge to Mr Erdogan in years.

Mr Erdogan is representing  an Islamist-tinged nationalism, with appeals to Turkey’s Ottoman imperial past, while Mr Kilicdaroglu and his party had sought to define themselves as closer to Turkey’s Western allies, steeped in an ideology and lineage rooted in Ataturk’s version of secularism. In his speech to supporters, Mr Erdogan promised to work hard for Turkey’s second century.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been declared the winner

Mr Erdogan and his allies hold sway over much of the broadcast media and had been flooded the airwaves with his speeches in recent days while giving Mr Kilicdaroglu scant airtime. However, Mr Kilicdaroglu said that the fight for the country’s future was not over. “We are going to continue to be at the forefront of this struggle until real democracy comes to our country,” he said in Ankara. He thanked the more than 25 million people who voted for him and asked them to “remain upright”.

He said he was sad about the “troubles” that awaited Turkey with Mr. Erdogan still at the helm, but that the people had shown their will “to change an authoritarian government despite all the pressures”adding to that “I did everything I could to make sure you could live in a fair nation and I will continue to lead that fight,”.

The election result will impact the dynamics of Nato, of which Turkey is a longtime member, and could affect the outcome of the war bet. Whereas Turkey has mediated a grain deal that has helped to keep Ukrainian grain exports flowing. Turkey’s geographical position also means it has political clout when it comes to the Middle East and North Africa.

Maybe the style of Mr Erdogan’s leadership was best summed up by the line of strongman leaders who sought to congratulate him on his win, even before the official result was announced. That included Russian president Vladimir Putin, who congratulated his “dear friend” on his victory and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.

It was not a surprise to see France’s president Emmanual Macron, EU Council president Charles Michel and the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen all pass on their congratulations swiftly after the result was confirmed. There were also numerous messages to Mr Erdogan from the Middle East and the Gulf and even one from the Turkish president’s former geopolitical rival, Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, soon followed suit, as did the US president, Joe Biden.

Lines at polling stations were shorter and more moderate than the first round of the elections, in large part because voters face a simpler single ballot with two candidates, rather than the complicated parliamentary choices of two weeks ago.

Mr. Erdogan won over voters despite lingering worries over the economy – which has been on a downward spiral over the last few years.

The attendance was around 84 per cent of 64 million registered voters, including nearly 2 million aboard. That was slightly less than the first round, with the Kilcdaroglu-led opposition appearing in particular to see falls in turnout in some areas it would expect to be strong.

Crucial issues  included the status of migrants and refugees, national security matters and Turkey’s place in the world. But the country’s spiralling economy remained the top issue on everyone’s tongue and the one most impacting daily lives. The country’s inflation rate is among the highest in the world, and wages have failed to keep up with housing and food costs.

Mr. Erdogan way of handling of the economy, path to victory was far easier than his challenger, Mr Kilicdaroglu, who had claimed 45 per cent of the vote in the first round despite pre-election opinion polls giving him a lead. The opposition’s poor performance had demoralised its supporters.

The first-round performance prompted Mr. Kilicdaroglu to change the tone and emphasis of his campaign from a message of hope and inclusiveness to focus almost exclusively on returning the several million Syrian refugees, who had fled war, back to their home country. The gap between the opposition candidate and Mr Erdogan, who had won more than 49 per cent of the vote two weeks ago had forced Mr Kilicdaroglu to chase after nationalist votes.

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