President Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election and calls for “unity and solidarity” but also lashes out at Kiliçdaroglu

The Supreme Electoral Council in Turkey has officially declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan (69) the winner of the Turkish presidential election. Earlier, Erdogan already claimed victory. According to the Supreme Electoral Council, the incumbent president received almost all votes counted with 52.14 percent of the electorate, against 47.86 percent for his opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. In his victory speech, the incumbent Turkish president called on his compatriots to “unity and solidarity”, but also lashed out at Kiliçdaroglu, whom he accused of having ties to terrorists. “The terrorists have lost and 85 million citizens have won.”

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