Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in the second round of the presidential elections before the official announcement of the voting results. Orban posted his congratulations on Twitter, adding a photo shared with Erdogan.

Watch President @RTErdogan on his unquestionable eleccio battle! Tebrikler, Say? n Cumhurbaskan? pic. twitter. com/I1IR7g3EWe.

— Orban Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) May 28, 2023.

“Congratulations to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his unconditional victory in the elections! Orban wrote..

According to Anadolu agency, currently (at 20:10) 97.94% of ballot boxes have been processed. Erdogan leads with a score of 52.14% (26 million 815 thousand votes).

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Recall that Erdogan has been in power in Turkey for almost 20 years.. On May 12, President Erdogan announced that he would accept the results of Sunday's elections and, in case of a loss, would hand over power to the winner.. "

On May 20, in an interview with CNN, Erdogan said he would continue to deepen relations with Russia and shared that " In turn, the candidate from the united opposition Kilicdaroglu, in case of victory, is not going to join the anti-Russian sanctions, but wants to make relations with the Russian Federation more transparent based on the fact that Turkey is a member of NATO.

Read more about the candidates and their policies towards our country in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko " U.A..