President Recip Tayyip Erdogan has won a new term in office as Turkey’s leader.
Millions of voters went to the polls in Turkey on Sunday in major presidential and parliamentary elections.
President Erdogan won re-election after a hard-fought, competitive electoral contest. He won more than 50 percent of the vote and will now take on new executive powers in a revamped presidency.
Erdogan’s AK party and its alliance partners have also won a parliamentary majority in legislative elections.
CGTN’s Michal Bardavid reports.
To discuss:
- Ali Cinar, executive president of the Turkish Heritage Foundation
- Aykan Erdemir, a former member of the Turkish Parliament.
- Hakan Camuz, Turkish analyst and international legal consultant.
- Giran Ozcan, U.S. representative for Turkey’s People’s Democratic Party –the HDP
For more:
Turkey's lira surges against the dollar as Russia, Palestine, Qatar and others congratulate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on re-election https://t.co/CoKr1JUFfJ
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) June 25, 2018
President Erdogan's victory in Turkey comes with strings attached https://t.co/VjL7PapRkG pic.twitter.com/sdWzReSRAJ
— Bloomberg (@business) June 25, 2018
What next for Turkey after Erdogan's executive presidency win? https://t.co/blA95XeEfb pic.twitter.com/hUI1zU9vpy
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) June 25, 2018