Recep Tayyip Erdogan is officially declared the winner of the second round of the presidential elections in Turkey. The corresponding statement was made by the head of the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey, Ahmet Yener, CNN Turk reports..

According to Yener, the ballot box open rate is 94.43%.. Erdogan received 52.14% of the vote, while his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu got 47.86% of the vote.

“Erdogan received 27 million 513 thousand 587 votes, and Kilicdaroglu - 25 million 260 thousand 109 votes. It was noted that the difference between the two candidates is 2 million 153 thousand 473 votes. The results will not change even if the entire percentage of votes not included in the system is given to presidential candidates. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been elected,” Yener said..

Recall that Erdogan and his supporters began to celebrate the victory after 20:00. Later, Kilicdaroglu came out to the voters and in his speech actually admitted that he had lost. He said he will continue to fight until "

“I want over 25 million who voted for me to stand on their feet. Our march continues. We are here,” Kilicdaroglu said..

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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..