![]() ![]() ![]() "Despite these various crises, the voters have elected a president who was in power for all of them," says the political scientist Evren Balta of the Ozyegin University in Istanbul. On top of this, it has also had to deal with an economic crisis, galloping inflation, high unemployment, the pandemic and the two recent devastating earthquakes. In Istanbul, Erdogan's supporters celebrated his victory all night long Image: Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Victorious - despite Turkey's many crisesĪccording to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are around 4 million refugees living in Turkey - a huge challenge for the country. The new parliament is also the most conservative, nationalist and Islamist in modern Turkish history. This alliance then won 323 of the 600 seats in the parliamentary elections on May 14, giving it a majority. Erdogan responded by bringing more parties into his People's Alliance. In the run-up to these important elections, the polls put his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, ahead. ![]() First as prime minister, then as president from 2014 onward, Erdogan's impact on his country has been greater than that of any other politician. This will be Erdogan's third decade in power. ![]() The 69-year-old leader was able to secure more than 52% of the vote in Sunday's runoff election, meaning that he will remain in office for another five years. It wasn't as easy as in the past, but he's done it again: The incumbent Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been reelected. ![]()
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