Erdogan wins Turkish presidency in first round triumph
August 11, 2014
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won an outright victory in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, promising to be a powerful head of state amid fears his country is creeping towards one-man rule.
Erdogan won 51.8 percent of the vote, way ahead of his main opposition rival Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on 38.6 percent, according to official results based on a 99 percent vote count. The third contender, Kurdish candidate Selahattin Demirtas, won 9.6 percent of the vote.
Erdogan’s inauguration is set for August 28.