With 40 percent of the votes counted: state media already declare current president Erdogan the winner of Turkish presidential elections

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the Turkish presidential election, state media report based on the first results. After counting more than 40 percent of the vote, Erdogan has 57.1 percent of the vote, compared to 42.9 percent for his challenger Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. This is reported by the official Anadolu news agency.

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