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Erdogan officially declared winner
28 May 2023 20:45 BST
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Turkey’s Supreme Election Board has formally declared Erdogan as the winner based on preliminary results.
With 99.43 percent of the votes counted, the board’s chairman Ahmet Yener says we have:
- Erdogan: 52.14 percent
- Kilicdaroglu: 47.86 percent