Recep Tayyip Erdogan won another term at the helm of Turkey after defeating his presidential opponent, Kemal Kiricdaroglu. Now he was congratulated by the Russian president. So what is Vladimir Putin’s message to Erdogan after winning the Turkish election. What the Russian leader conveyed to him, in fact.
Vladimir Putin, message for Recep Erdogan after he won another term as president. “The result of your work…”
The latest results of Turkey’s presidential election gave Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the winner, with the former president defeating his opponent, Kemal Kiricdaroglu.
Following the results, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday for his apparent re-election, the Kremlin announced, reports BBC News.
Message of Vladimir Putin
“Victory in the elections was the result of your selfless work at the leadership of the Turkish Republic, an obvious proof of the Turkish people’s support for your efforts to strengthen the sovereignty of the state and pursue an independent foreign policy,” Vladimir Putin sent to Erdogan.
Erdogan and Putin, old allies
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin are old allies, and Turkey has adopted a more neutral position towards Moscow in the Ukraine War than its NATO allies.
Incidentally, Recep Erdogan announced his victory in the presidential elections in Turkey, after the majority of the votes were counted.
Turkey’s High Electoral Council announced that Erdogan is leading the race for president with 53.4 percent of the vote, and 75.4 percent of ballot boxes have been counted, according to official preliminary results.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement
Also, the Turkish state news agency, Anadolu, announces that after 98.64% of the votes counted, Erdogan has 52.09% and Kemal Kilicdaroglu only 47.91%.
“We have concluded the second round of the presidential election in favor of our nation. We will lead the country for the next five years. God willing, we will deserve your trust,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his supporters atop a bus in his home district of Istanbul.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not win in the first round of voting
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, defied opinion polls and won by nearly 5 percent over rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the first round of voting on May 14.
However, Recep Erdogan obtained less than 50% of the votes needed to be able to win a new mandate in the first round. Also, on May 14, general voting attendance it was 87.04%, with a level of 88.9% in Turkey and 49.4% abroad.
