Official results showed Erdogan vanquishing his rival by 52 per cent to 48 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL - The dreams of Turkey’s opposition gave way to crushing disappointment on Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028.as the clear underdog after Erdogan came within a whisker of winning outright in the first round on May 14.
“A miracle is still possible,” 32-year-old shop worker Ersin Avci had told AFP in Istanbul while voting continued.But as the first ballot boxes were emptied for the count at an Istanbul school used as a polling station, a heavy silence descended on the mostly CHP observers in the room. He refused to take questions and left after a brief speech, a marked difference from his bullish remarks and vigorous contestation of the first-round vote count.
“Today is not like the last time. I was more excited then. The outcome seems more obvious now,” Bayram Ali Yuce, 45, said in one of Istanbul’s heavily anti-Erdogan neighbourhoods. The scene outside Erdogan’s presidential palace was a complete contrast, with joyful music booming out of loudspeakers and a huge Turkish flag unfurled as the president edged closer to victory.
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