Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has extended his two decades in power, securing victory over his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu after an unprecedented presidential runoff election. With 99.43% of the vote counted, Turkey’s supreme election authority announced late on Sunday that Erdoğan had won 52.14% of the votes, while Kılıçdaroğlu received 47.86%. The vote reflected Turkey’s stark and persistent political polarisation after the opposition forced Erdoğan into a run-off vote – an unprecedented event in the presidential system that Erdoğan introduced
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins Turkish presidential election