Putin called natural victory of Erdogan in the elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in the presidential elections, the second round of which ended today in Turkey. The congratulations of the head of state were published on May 28 by the Kremlin press service.

“Dear Mr. Erdogan, dear friend, please accept my sincere congratulations on your re-election to the presidency. The victory in the elections was a natural result of your selfless work as the head of the Republic of Turkey, clear evidence of the Turkish people’s support for your efforts to strengthen state sovereignty and pursue an independent, independent foreign policy,” Putin said.

He pointed out that Moscow highly appreciates Erdogan’s personal contribution to strengthening friendly relations between the two countries and mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas. Putin also reaffirmed his readiness to continue dialogue with the re-elected president on “bilateral, regional and international agendas.”

“We attach great importance to the consistent implementation of the planned joint projects, primarily the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant and the creation of a gas hub in Turkey,” the statement says. message.

Earlier, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev called Erdogan. The press service of the head of the republic reported that Mirziyoyev congratulated Erdogan on a “convincing, historic victory.” According to him, the high voter turnout and the results of the second round of voting testify to the “convincing support of the friendly Turkish people for the policy and course of reforms” of the incumbent president.

The head of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, also congratulated the Turkish leader on his victory. In a telephone conversation with Erdogan, he also pointed to the trust of Turkish citizens in the incumbent president and wished him success. Aliyev invited the new president to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan – he accepted the invitation, the press service reports. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban drew attention to the results of the vote, he congratulated Erdogan with a message on Twitter.

Today, Erdogan, after the completion of the counting of votes in the presidential elections, said that the people for the next five years transferred responsibility for governing the country to him and his administration. He called the results of the presidential elections a holiday of democracy. “All of our 85 million citizens became winners both in the elections on May 14 and in the elections on May 28. We said: “We will win so much that no one will lose.” So today, only Turkey is the winner,” Erdogan said in a statement published on the official website of the head of state.

Erdogan won 51.92% of the votes in the second round of the presidential elections based on the results of processing 99.99% of the ballots. The voting data on the evening of May 28 was published by the state agency Anadolu with reference to the data of the CEC of the republic. 48.08% of citizens voted for the rival of the incumbent, opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The turnout was 85.65%. It was decided to organize a second round after none of the three candidates on May 14 passed the 50% mark required to win in the first round.