Putin congratulated Erdogan on his victory in the presidential elections in Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his message, congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in the second round of the presidential elections in Turkey and called this success the result of popular support for selfless efforts and an independent foreign policy.

According to AAA, in this message, Putin expressed gratitude to Erdogan for his efforts to strengthen friendly relations between Russia and Turkey and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.The Turkish people took part in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday and Recep Tayyip Erdogan was able to win with a majority of votes.

According to the count of 96% of the votes, Erdogan was able to get 52.28% of the votes, which is equivalent to 26 million 345 thousand 859 votes, and Kemal Kılıçdaroglu, in turn, was able to get 47.72% of the votes, which is equivalent to 24 million 49 thousand 965 votes. The counting of votes continues. Al Jazeera announced Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of Turkey.The first round of elections ended with 49.51% of the vote for Erdogan and 44.8% for Kılıçdaroğlu.