Turkey’s Erdogan Declares Victory In Historic Runoff Election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a historic runoff election. (File)

Istanbul, Turkey:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic runoff election that posed the toughest challenge of his two-decade rule.

“We will be ruling the country for the coming five years,” Erdogan told his cheering supporters from atop a bus in his home district in Istanbul. “God willing, we will be deserving of your trust.”

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