Erdogan Election Victory in Turkey Celebrated Across Balkans

In the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, people gathered around the Sebilj Fountain in the city's old town and waved Turkish flags andf posters of Erdogan and his party. Photo: Klix.ba

In the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, people gathered around the Sebilj Fountain in the city's old town and waved Turkish flags and posters of Erdogan and his party. The group later made a convoy touring the city.

Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın yeniden seçilmesi nedeniyle #BosnaHersek'in başkenti Saraybosna'da onlarca aracın katılımıyla konvoy düzenlendi.
Şehirdeki Türklerin yanı sıra Boşnaklar da Erdoğan'ın seçim zaferini coşkuyla kutladı. pic.twitter.com/uLAyBDu8ct

— BalkanNews Türkçe (@BalkanNewsTR) May 28, 2023

Erdogan on Sunday declared victory in the second round of presidential elections after winning 52.16 per cent of the vote according to the first official results. His defeated rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, won 47.84 per cent.

In Novi Pazar, a mainly Bosniak town in southwest Serbia, fireworks were organised and people gathered in the main square in front of the municipal HQ.

Slavlje i čestitke iz Sandžaka povodom Erdoganove pobjede na predsjedničkim izborima u Turkiye https://t.co/BIcUBDuFbi #NoviPazar #Sandžak #Turkiye #Erdogan pic.twitter.com/tuJ8otABcX

— AGENCIJA ANADOLIJA (BHSC) (@aa_balkans) May 28, 2023

"This victory brings happiness and peace to all those who are kin to Turks," Sulejman Ugljanin, the President of the Party of Democratic Action Sandzak, the oldest party in Serbia's mainly Bosniak Sandzak region, wrote on Instagram.

Ugljanin was one of many Balkan leaders who gave full support to Erdogan before and during the elections.

Several Balkan...