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7m ago
(17:17 GMT)Palestinian PM congratulates Erdogan on election victory
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has congratulated Erdogan and the Turkish people for their “election victory”.
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13m ago
(17:11 GMT)Erdogan, the man dominating Turkish politics
Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics for 20 years – and he is now set to serve another five-year term.
Read more about Erdogan’s political rise here.

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16m ago
(17:08 GMT)Official results show Erdogan in the lead
We’re still waiting for official confirmation for Erdogan’s victory, of course. The head of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council has said that President Erdogan is currently leading the presidential race with 53.4 percent of the vote, and that 75.4 percent of the ballots boxes have been counted, according to preliminary official results.
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22m ago
(17:01 GMT)Erdogan’s victory shows renewal of people’s confidence: Libyan PM
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has also sent in his congratulations. Dbeibeh said that Erdogan’s “election victory” was a renewal of the Turkish people’s confidence in the president’s successful projects and policies. Dbeibeh’s Tripoli-based Government of National Unity is backed by Turkey against an eastern-based rival government.
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27m ago
(16:57 GMT)Erdogan wins presidential run-off: State media
Erdogan has won re-election, according to unofficial results from the state-run Anadolu Agency.
With 97 percent of ballot boxes opened in the run-off, Erdogan has 52.1 percent of the vote, and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu has 47.9 percent.
Read more here.

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29m ago
(16:55 GMT)Hungarian PM congratulates Erdogan
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has congratulated Erdogan “on his unquestionable election victory”.
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31m ago
(16:53 GMT)Emir of Qatar congratulates Erdogan on presidential win
The emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has congratulated Erdogan, wishing the Turkish president “success for [his] new term”.
“My dear brother, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, congratulations on your victory,” he tweeted.
The official results have not yet been announced.
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42m ago
(16:41 GMT)Latest unofficial results
Latest unofficial results, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency:
Erdogan: 52.3 percent
Kilicdaroglu: 47.7 percent
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54m ago
(16:30 GMT)Election board: Erdogan is leading with 54.5 percent
The head of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council has said that President Erdogan is leading the presidential race with 54.5 percent of the vote, and that 54.6 percent of the ballots boxes have been counted, according to official results.
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1h ago
(16:18 GMT)CHP: Kilicdaroglu has received votes of one out of every two people
The spokesperson for Kilicdaroglu’s party has called on people to embrace the ballot boxes, adding that they will continue to share accurate information with the public moment by moment.
“As of now, we seem to have received the votes of one out of every two people,” Faik Oztrak said at the Republican People’s Party (CHP) headquarters in the capital Ankara.

CHP spokesman Faik Oztrak speaking to reporters in Ankara, Turkey [Mehmet Kaman/Anadolu] Advertisement
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1h ago
(16:17 GMT)Results show ‘strong support for Erdogan’
The spokesperson for the ruling AK Party says the results show strong support for Erdogan.
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1h ago
(16:10 GMT)Opposition news agency now shows Erdogan in the lead
Figures published by the opposition ANKA news agency now show Erdogan in the lead with 50.06 percent of the votes vs Kilicdaroglu’s 49.4 percent and 88.8 percent of ballot boxes opened. ANKA had previously had Kilicdaroglu marginally in the lead, but that has now evaporated.

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1h ago
(16:02 GMT)Latest unofficial results
Latest unofficial results, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency:
Erdogan: 53.4 percent
Kilicdaroglu: 46.6 percent
Ballot boxes opened: 82.6 percentSeparate data published by the opposition ANKA news agency shows Kilicdaroglu leading with 50.02 percent vs Erdogan with 49.98 percent and 83.9 percent of ballot boxes opened.

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1h ago
(15:55 GMT)Voter turnout reported at over 85 percent
According to the state-run Anadolu Agency, the voter turnout is at 85.24 percent.
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1h ago
(15:46 GMT)Photos: Ballot counting across Turkey

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1h ago
(15:40 GMT)‘Gap can be closed in coming hours’: Analyst
Seda Demiralp, professor of political science at Istanbul’s Isik University, tells Al Jazeera that the vote gap between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu will likely narrow in the coming hours as more results come in.
“The gap is low, lower than expected, considering it’s [according to state news agency] Anadolu Agency, and also there are other sources that give more knife-edge results. I would say this is a more optimistic scenario to the opposition because many were fearing in the opposition that Erdogan would win with a landslide victory,” Demiralp said.
“It looks like the gap can be closed in the upcoming hours. That’s what we saw in the previous round. That’s what we saw in [the] 2018 elections. Typically we see Anadolu Agency starting … votes [for the incumbent] with a much higher rate and the margin closes over the next hours. So we may expect a similar change and a closing of the gap.”
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1h ago
(15:38 GMT)Latest unofficial results
Latest unofficial results, according to state-run Anadolu Agency:
Erdogan: 54.8 percent
Kilicdaroglu: 45.2 percent
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1h ago
(15:33 GMT)Erdogan stands at 55.3 percent: Anadolu
Latest unofficial results, according to state-run Anadolu Agency:
Erdogan: 55.3 percent
Kilicdaroglu: 44.7 percent
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1h ago
(15:28 GMT)Erdogan ‘leads race with 55.8 percent’
Preliminary partial results show Erdogan in the lead with 55.1 percent of the ballot boxes opened.
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency says the president leads the race with 55.8 percent of the votes counted so far, and his opponent, Kilicdaroglu, stands at 44.2 percent.

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2h ago
(15:22 GMT)Erdogan leads the presidential race: Anadolu
Preliminary partial results show Erdogan in the lead with 42.8 percent of the ballot boxes opened.
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency says the incumbent leads with 57.1 percent of the vote so far as his opponent Kilicdaroglu stands at 42.9 percent.
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