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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

Leaders around the world congratulated Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his presidential win on Sunday.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic also congratulated Erdoğan and the Turkish nation on their election victory.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated President Erdoğan on his 'reelection,' called it 'a sign of continued valuable trust of Turkish people'.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the 'triumph' of 'brother and friend' President Erdoğan in Türkiye's runoff election.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

The Turkish incumbent won the race with 52.16%, while Kılıçdaroğlu got 47.84% of the votes and 99.85% of the ballot boxes have been opened so far.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

In a speech in Istanbul late Sunday, President Erdoğan said Türkiye's 85 million-strong citizens are the winners in the national elections that concluded today.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

More than 64.1 million people were registered to vote, including over 1.92 million who earlier cast their ballots at overseas polling stations.

Nearly 192,000 ballot boxes were set up for voters across Türkiye.

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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan over election victory

On May 14, no candidate won the required 50% in the first round, triggering Sunday's runoff, although Erdoğan took the lead with 49.52%.

On that day, Erdoğan's People's Alliance also won a majority in parliament.