Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the second round of the presidential election, according to preliminary ballot count data from 98.68% of the ballot boxes, cited by the Anadolu agency, which uses information from the Turkish Supreme Electoral Council..

Erdogan has 52.09% of the votes (or 27 million 40 thousand. votes).

Opposition representative Kemal Kilichdaroglu has 47.91% (or 24 million 871 thousand. votes).

The difference in the percentage of votes between candidates at 20:40 is 4.18%. At the same time, only 1.32% of the ballot boxes remained to be processed..

According to the Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey, Ahmet Yener, as of 20:00, the official body confirms the processing of 75.42% of the ballot boxes. Erdogan - 53.41% of the vote, and Kilicdaroglu - 46.59%.

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After 20:00 Erdogan has already started celebrating his victory.

kl? 'day? https://t. co/KQSKDAroPD.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan (@RTErdogan) May 28, 2023.

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Recall that on May 20, in an interview with CNN, Erdogan said that he would continue to deepen relations with Russia and shared that “we have a special relationship with Putin”. 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..