Turkey election: President Erdogan declared winner in Turkey presidential election

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has received the presidential run-off election, with leaders from world wide congratulating him.

With 99 per cent of the votes counted, Mr Erdogan, who served as prime minister from 2003 to 2014, received with a share of 52.1%. It means he has secured a record-breaking third time period as president.

Polls closed at 5pm native time (3pm BST) and whereas votes had been counted quick, for hours it remained too near name. At one level, lower than a share level separated the incumbent from his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Shortly after 8pm native time (6pm BST) Mr Erdogan stepped out of his residence and thanked folks for “giving us the responsibility to rule for the next five years”.

‘Bye bye bye Kemal’ – Turkey election live

He has been congratulated by a bunch of world leaders. Among them, Vladimir Putin, who wrote a prolonged lacking to Mr Erdogan, which concluded: “From the bottom of my heart I wish you new successes in such a responsible activity as the head of state, as well as good health and well-being.”

French President Emmanuel Macron additionally despatched well-wishes, in addition to reiterating the “immense challenges” each international locations face.

“The return of peace to Europe, the future of our Euro-Atlantic Alliance, the Mediterranean Sea,” he tweeted.

“With President Erdogan, whom I congratulate on his re-election, we will continue to move forward.”

Opponent refuses to confess defeat

Kemal Kilicdaroglu took the stage earlier this night, and in a rousing speech he refused to confess defeat.

“I wasn’t able to defend your rights,” Kilicdaroglu started by saying. “I did not shirk against an unjust structure, I could not be a silent devil and I was not.

“I couldn’t stand quiet towards tens of millions of individuals turning into second-class residents on this nation.

“I could not let them stand all over your rights. For your children to go to bed hungry. For farmers to not to be able to produce. I could not allow these things.”

He concluded by thanking the 25 million individuals who voted for him – and says the “battle continues”.

First presidential run-off in Turkey’s historical past

The pair had been compelled to go face to face when neither reached the required 50% of the vote within the first round on 14 May and Mr Erdogan’s win can have profound penalties for Turkey, and the broader world.

The two candidates supplied sharply totally different visions of the nation’s future and its latest previous.

Mr Erdogan’s authorities vetoed Sweden’s bid to affix NATO and bought Russian missile-defense programs, which prompted the United States to oust Turkey from a US-led fighter-jet challenge. But it additionally helped dealer an important deal that allowed Ukrainian grain shipments and averted a world meals disaster.

Meanwhile, Mr Erdogan’s 74-year-old challenger promised to revive a extra democratic society.