Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won reelection in a victory extends his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. The divisive populist won Sunday’s presidential …
By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
In his first comments since the polls closed, Erdogan thanked the nation for entrusting him with the presidency for five more years. The people have shown their will “to change an authoritarian government despite all the pressures,” he said. He also said Erdogan, who has spoken about introducing a new constitution, was likely to make an even greater push for it in an effort to lock in changes overseen by his conservative and religious Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
Putin said Erdogan’s victory was “clear evidence” that the Turkish people support his efforts to “strengthen state sovereignty and pursue an independent foreign policy.” The first half of Erdogan’s tenure included reforms that allowed the country to begin talks to join the European Union, and economic growth that lifted many out of poverty. But he later moved to suppress freedoms and the media and concentrated more power in his own hands, especially after a failed coup attempt that Turkey says was orchestrated by the U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen. The cleric denies involvement.
“It is sad on behalf of our people that a government with such corruption, such stains, has come into power again. Mr. Kemal would have been great for our country, at least for a change of scene,” he said.
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