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Erdogan Wins Turkish Elections... Again

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Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential election. Mr Erdogan got nearly 53% with almost all votes counted. His closest rival Muharrem Ince was on 31%. Turkish voters gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a decisive victory in national elections, lengthening his 15-year grip on power and granting him vastly expanded authority over the legislature and judiciary.

Mr Erdogan has presided over a strong economy and built up a solid support base by investing in healthcare, education and infrastructure.

But the 64-year-old has also polarised opinion, cracking down on opponents and putting some 160,000 people in jail.

Mr Erdogan gave a triumphant victory speech from the balcony of his party's headquarters in the capital Ankara at 03:00 (00:00 GMT), declaring: "The winner of this election is each and every individual among my 81 million citizens." He said Turkey would act more firmly against terrorist groups, and would continue to "liberate Syrian lands" so refugees could return to their homes there.

Congratulations have come in from Islamic leaders including Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Russian President Vladimir Putin talked of Mr Erdogan's "great political authority and mass support".

Although Erdoğan’s AKP party lost its majority in parliament, as many pollsters predicted, their junior coalition partner, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), performed better than expected, meaning they will still hold the most seats in parliament.

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Parties in the parliament: 

People's Alliance: 

AK Parti (Erdogan) - Right Wing -- Neo-Ottomanism, Economic Liberalism, Social Conservatism 

MHP (Bahceli) - Far-Right Wing -- Turkish Ultranationalism, Turanism

Nation Alliance: 

CHP (Kilicdaroglu) - Centre-Left -- Social Democracy, Kemalism

IYI (Aksener) - Centre-Right -- Liberal Conservatism, Civic Nationalism 

No Alliance: 

HDP (Demirtas) - Far-Left Wing -- Democratic Socialism, Regionalism, Kurdish Nationalism 

 

Presidential Results: 

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R.I.P social progression for Turkey until Erdo dies. They successfully made him into their own Putin. 

 

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