New York Times | Turkey's Premier Is Proclaimed Winner of Presidential Election New York Times ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has led Turkey for more than a decade, is set to become the country's first popularly elected president, apparently cruising to a victory on Sunday that positioned him to be the dominant political ... Erdogan wins Turkey's presidential election Erdogan Wins Turkey's 1st Direct Presidential Vote Turkey Casts Votes in Presidential Election, With Erdogan Primed for Win |
Turkey's Erdogan seen winning presidential vote CBC.ca The main opposition candidate in Turkey's presidential election has conceded defeat to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu congratulated Erdogan and wished him success, in a concession speech in Istanbul late Sunday. He said ... |
New York Times | Turkey's Premier Tries to Keep Power, as President New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Just before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's motorcade swept into the airport here, workers rolled up a red carpet that had been used for the departing president and put down a turquoise one for Mr. Erdogan. Turquoise was the ... |
Middle East Eye | The politicisation of Turkey's presidency Middle East Eye Its main function was set as arbitrating between state institutions, and representing, with impartiality, the Republic of Turkey and its fundamental values. The president of the republic was nominated by the national assembly out of the political race ... |
Report: Erdogan Wins Turkey's Presidential Election Huffington Post ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in Turkey's first direct presidential election, a watershed vote in the country's nearly 91-year history that will ensure the current prime minister remains at its helm for at least ... |
Turkey's presidential election candidates Open Democracy The current Prime Minister of Turkey has held his position for twelve years. Having won consecutive general and municipal elections – three each – and two Justice and Development Party (AKP) proposed referenda, the 60-year-old Erdoğan enters the ... |
Erdogan Wins High-Stakes Election in Turkey Mashable ISTANBUL — Voters in Turkey hit the polls Sunday for the country's first direct presidential elections — and few had any doubt what the results would be. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country's longest serving democratically elected leader ... |
Voice of America | Turkey Poised for First Direct Presidential Poll Voice of America ISTANBUL—. Millions of people in Turkey head to the polls Sunday for the country's first direct presidential election. Turnout is expected to be high as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, former chief of the Organization ... |
BBC News | Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election BBC News Mr Erdogan, who has vowed to bolster the power of the president, promised supporters a "social reconciliation period", saying: "Let's leave the old discussions in the old Turkey." He added in the speech in Ankara: "Today, not only those who love us ... |
Erdogan wins Turkey's presidency, according to unofficial results Los Angeles Times Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday won Turkey's presidency, according to unofficial results, consolidating a power base that could have far-reaching implications at a time of profound regional turmoil. Erdogan, who has been the principal ... |