Biden congratulated Erdogan on victory in election

US President Joe Biden congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a re -election to the post of president of Turkey.

“I congratulate President Erdogan on the re-election. I hope for further cooperation as allies on NATO to bilateral issues and global challenges,” the American leader wrote on Twitter.

The chairman of the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey Akhmet Jener announced that the winner of the second round of the presidential elections, following the results of the calculation of the vast majority of ballots, is the current head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

According to him, according to the results of the counting of 99.43% of the ballots, Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored 52.14% of the vote, and Kemal Kylychdaroglu – 47.86%.