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.

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