Erdogan, 69, was on track to narrowly beat 74-year-old opposition challenger by four percentage points. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“I look forward to continuing to work together as Nato Allies on bilateral issues and shared global challenges,” US President Joe Biden tweeted, making no mention of recent tensions in the bilateral relationship.
“I look forward to our continued work together with the government chosen by the Turkish people,” he said.Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said he counted on firming “the strategic partnership” between the two countries.
“Your victory in these elections is the logical result of your dedicated work as head of the Turkish Republic,” Mr Putin said, according to the Kremlin website.Mr Putin told Mr Erdogan, who he called his “dear friend”, that his victory was “clear evidence of the Turkish people’s support for your efforts to strengthen state sovereignty and pursue an independent foreign policy”.
Mr Erdogan, 69, was on track to narrowly beat 74-year-old opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu by four percentage points, near-complete vote results showed, in what was widely seen as the country’s most consequential election in its 100-year history as a republic.
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