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Erdoğan vows finance management with international reputation
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to fight inflation and to establish a finance management team with global reputation.
"Eliminating the problems caused by the rise of prices and compensate for welfare losses are the most urgent issues in the days ahead," Erdoğan said in a speech he delivered in Ankara after winning the second round of the presidential election.
Erdoğan secures another 5-year term in Türkiye’s runoff polls
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan headed for victory in the presidential runoff election on May 28, securing another five-year term in the presidency.
Erdoğan is reelected Türkiye's president in the runoff election with 52.14 percent of the votes according to unofficial results, Supreme Election Council (YSK) Chair Ahmet Yener announced.
Kılıçdaroğlu says his struggle will continue
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance, has vowed to continue his struggle for democracy and called on the people to stand tall in the coming period.
"The Nation Alliance, with all its components, did struggle on all fronts. We will continue to give this struggle," Kılıçdaroğlu said in a statement late on May 28.
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World leaders congratulate Erdoğan
Leaders from across the globe took to social media to extend their congratulations to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as he secured his reelection in the presidential runoff election.
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Erdoğan thanks supporters as unofficial results show him leading in runoff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked supporters on May 28 as the vote count has neared end, with unofficial results showing him leading in runoff.
"We will be ruling the country for the coming five years," Erdoğan told his cheering supporters from atop a bus in his home district in Istanbul. "God willing, we will be deserving of your trust."
Azerbaijan marks 105th Independence Day
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Azerbaijan marked Independence Day on May 28, the 105th anniversary of the establishment of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic.
On May 28, 1918, the Azerbaijani National Council declared the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, also known as the Azerbaijan People's Republic.
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Erdoğan votes for runoff elections in Istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has voted for Türkiye's first-ever presidential runoff election at the Üsküdar Saffet Çebi Middle School in Istanbul's Üsküdar district on May 28.
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Erdoğan calls on Kılıçdaroğlu to 'reveal details of deal with HDP'
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 26 urged opposition Nation Alliance candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to reveal the details of their agreement with the pro-PKK Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), now also known as the Green Left Party (YSP).
Voting for the presidential runoff election ends
Millions of Turkish citizens on May 28 headed to ballot boxes established across the country to cast their votes in the presidential election runoff.
The country has witnessed the first runoff election since the new presidential system was accepted in 2018.
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Presidential election runoff begins in Türkiye
Following an inconclusive result in the initial vote necessitating a runoff election between the top two contenders, incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nation Alliance's candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish citizens are poised to cast their ballots once again on May 28.
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