Turkey Election 2018 Tayyib Erdogan wins election

Erdogan wins re-election as president

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented himself as the strongman of Turkey, after his coalition won presidential and parliamentary elections that will extend his powers and possibly his rule for as long as a decade.

Erdogan’s coalition gained around 53% of the vote with close to 90% turnout, according to the state broadcaster, meaning he will extend his 15-year rule for at least another five – with the potential to control Turkey until 2028

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) _ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has developed successful in a high-stakes decision, seeing off the most genuine test yet to his political strength and fixing his hold on the country he has ruled for a long time. 

Vanquishing the twin dangers of a revived restriction and a debilitated money, Erdogan pronounced himself the victor even before official outcomes were affirmed. 

With 97.7% of the votes tallied, Sadi Guven, head of Turkey's Supreme Election Board, said Erdogan had won a flat out lion's share, keeping away from an overflow against his vital challenger, Muharrem Ince. State media put Erdogan on 52.5%, well in front of Ince on 31%. 

"The champs of the June 24 decisions are Turkey, the Turkish country, sufferers of our locale and all abused (individuals) on the planet," Erdogan said in a triumph address from an overhang at the AKP's workplaces in the capital Ankara in the early long stretches of Monday morning. 

The outcomes were a hit to Ince and his Republican People's Party, known as the CHP, who ran an energetic crusade that undermined to drive Erdogan into a harming spillover and preclude his gathering control from securing parliament.

Erdogan starts a new five-year term as president with sweeping new powers granted in a narrowly won referendum last year, denounced by his critics as a blatant power grab. Under the new system, the office of prime minister is abolished, parliament's powers curtailed and the president is accorded wide-ranging executive authority.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that the implementation of the constitutional amendments "is important for our stability and economic development."

"It's a new system for us," he said, adding that it was approved by the Turkish electorate.

In any case, Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its allied Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) retained their parliamentary majority.

"Turkey has decided to take the side of growth, development, investment, enrichment and a reputable, honorable and influential country in all areas in the world," Erdogan told cheering supporters.

Erdogan had earlier claimed victory in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city. "I would like to congratulate our nation once again. This has been another test of democracy and we have passed this test successfully," he said.

Surrendering rout, Ince cautioned that established changes introduced by Erdogan before in the year spoke to a danger to the nation's vote based system. 

"A solitary individual is turning into the leader of the lawmaking body, the official, and the legal and this is a worry for a risk to the survival of the nation," he told columnists. "Turkey has withdrawn from just qualities and Turkey has broken its ties with the parliamentary framework which it had." 

"We're currently in a one-man manage - there's no system to avert self-assertive run the show. We keep on having incredible worries about this circumstance."

"A solitary individual is turning into the leader of the lawmaking body, the official, and the legal and this is a worry for a risk to the survival of the nation," he told columnists. "Turkey has withdrawn from just qualities and Turkey has broken its ties with the parliamentary framework which it had." 

"We're currently in a one-man manage - there's no system to avert self-assertive run the show. We keep on having incredible worries about this circumstance."