{"id":6603,"date":"2023-05-29T19:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/?p=6603"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:22:29","slug":"celebrations-as-erdogan-wins-turkeys-run-off-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/celebrations-as-erdogan-wins-turkeys-run-off-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations as Erdogan wins Turkey\u2019s run-off election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country\u2019s presidential election, extending his rule into a third decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his first comments since the polls closed on Sunday, Erdogan spoke to supporters on a campaign bus outside his home in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thank each member of our nation for entrusting me with the responsibility to govern this country once again for the upcoming five years,\u201d said Erdogan, the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ridiculed his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, for his loss, saying \u201cbye bye bye, Kemal,\u201d as supporters booed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only winner today is Turkey,\u201d Erdogan said, after unofficial results gave him the win in the second round of voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-28T173124Z_1871821079_RC2T71AE5IK9_RTRMADP_3_TURKEY-ELECTION-1685295109.jpg?fit=1170%2C780\" alt=\"Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters following early exit poll results\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul. [Murad Sezer\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-28T172729Z_890096071_RC2S71AEEERM_RTRMADP_3_TURKEY-ELECTION-1685295006.jpg?fit=1170%2C780\" alt=\"Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan react following early exit poll results\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters of re-elected President Erdogan celebrate following unofficial election results in Istanbul. [Dilara Senkaya\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AA-20230528-31265810-31265804-VOTING_ENDS_IN_TURKIYES_PRESIDENTIAL_RUNOFF_ELECTION-1685295015.jpg?fit=1170%2C780\" alt=\"Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate as Erdogan leads Turkiye's presidential runoff\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erdogan&#8217;s supporters celebrate at Republic Square in Sivas, Turkey. [Serhat Zafer\/Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AA-20230528-31265567-31265560-VOTING_ENDS_IN_TURKIYES_PRESIDENTIAL_RUNOFF_ELECTION-1685294754.jpg?fit=1170%2C780\" alt=\"Citizens supporting Justice and Development (AK) Party celebrate after voting in the country's presidential runoff\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AK Party supporters celebrate at July 15 Democracy Square in Bursa, Turkey. [Sergen Sezgin\/Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AA-20230528-31265533-31265531-VOTING_ENDS_IN_TURKIYES_PRESIDENTIAL_RUNOFF_ELECTION-1685294246.jpg?fit=1170%2C878\" alt=\"Citizens supporting Justice and Development (AK) Party celebrate after voting in the country's presidential runoff\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters of the AK Party celebrate at July 15 Democracy Square in Rize, Turkey. [Muhittin Sand\u0131k\u00e7\u0131\/Anadolu]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23148599580013-1685295377.jpg?fit=1170%2C780\" alt=\"Supporters of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate at AK Party offices in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023.\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erdogan advocates celebrate at the AK Party offices in Istanbul. [Khalil Hamra\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2023-05-28T170528Z_348293917_RC2S71AI1DU2_RTRMADP_3_TURKEY-ELECTION-1685293594.jpg?fit=1170%2C778\" alt=\"Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wait for his address\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erdogan, who has been at Turkey\u2019s helm for 20 years, was favoured to win a new five-year term in the second-round run-off, after he finished the first round in the lead. [Murad Sezer\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23148563602265-1685288747.jpg?fit=1170%2C780\" alt=\"A supporter of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a Turkish flag\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Erdogan supporter holds a Turkish flag while driving by his house in Istanbul. [Francisco Seco\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: AlJazeera)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country\u2019s presidential election, extending his rule into a third decade. In his first comments since the polls closed on Sunday, Erdogan spoke to supporters on a campaign bus outside his home in Istanbul. \u201cI thank each member of our nation for entrusting me with the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,307,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-issues","category-main-news","category-172"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6606,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603\/revisions\/6606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}