The streets were lined with people, with adults and children alike walking, chanting and honking their horns and waving flags showing the colours of Türkiye, the AK Party and MHP flags.
Ayşe Yıldır, 46 years old, affirmed her support for the long-time leader. "We are always behind him, support him [Erdoğan] until the end," she says, holding a red and white Turkish flag. She said the economy has improved, compared to previous years.
Mahmud Ubeyd, a 22-year-old Syrian from Damascus who has been in Ankara for the past decade, said he had not voted.
On an announcement by the opposition that Syrians would be expelled from Türkiye, he said Erdoğan's victory would be a "very good" result for Türkiye, "for the youth" and for "all Muslims."
"Never mind us, but [good] for Islam," he said.
