Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections were covered widely by media across Asia.
Turkish citizens voted in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Currently, 99.2 percent of the ballot boxes have been opened as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is leading with 52.5 percent of the votes while his major rival Muharrem İnce lags behind at 30.6 percent.
The People's Alliance, a coalition of Erdoğan's Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has won 53.6 percent of the votes as 99.1 percent of the boxes have been opened so far in parliamentary votes.
- CHINA
China's official Xinhua news agency said the "decisive victory in the critical elections was Erdoğan's" adding that he won more votes in the first round of election than what was predicted by public polls.
The news agency reported 60 million citizens cast their votes.
State-run Global Times shared election results in a story titled: "Turkey's Erdogan, his alliance win presidential, parliamentary elections"
- JAPAN
Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claims victory in Turkey presidential election", stating that Erdoğan had remained in power since 2003.
It added that the ruling alliance won a majority in the parliament.
NHK, Japan's national broadcaster, said Erdogan's re-election was likely to affect the region.
- INDONESIA
Indonesia's national news agency Antara said Erdoğan won a high number of votes.
The local Kompas news website said Erdoğan declared victory with more than 50 percent of the votes, securing the next five years as president.
- THAILAND
The Bangkok Post stated Erdoğan won a double victory, adding that Turkey voted in the presidential and parliamentary elections on the same day for the first time.
- MALAYSIA
The Star newspaper said Erdoğan won a majority in the elections with more than half of the votes.
- Singapore
The Strait Times newspaper said "Erdoğan won the second term in presidency".
