“Erdogan Teases Rival After Winning Turkish Election: Bye-Bye Kemal – CNN Indonesia”

Jakarta, CNNIndonesia —

incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan taunt rivals, Kemal Kilicdarogluafter winning the presidential election Turki in the second round, Sunday (28/5).

Erdogan bid farewell to Kilicdaroglu who lost by four points to him.

“Bye, bye, bye, Kemal,” Erdogan joked in front of his supporters outside his residence in Istanbul, Sunday (28/5).

“The only winner today is Türkiye.”

Erdogan’s supporters greeted the incumbent’s remarks with similar jeers. They then cheered loudly for the victory of the 69-year-old president.

Erdogan won the second round of elections on May 28 yesterday with 52.14 percent of the vote. Meanwhile, Kilicdaroglu only won 47.86 percent of the vote.

In his first comments after the elections closed, Erdogan thanked the Turkish people for voting for him.

“I thank the members of our nation for entrusting me with the responsibility to govern this country once again for the next five years,” the Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader was quoted as saying. Algeria.

Thousands of Erdogan’s supporters were seen celebrating their candidate’s victory in various corners of Turkey, it was reported Russia Today (RT).

Thousands of people were also seen gathering in front of the Ankara Presidential Palace, waiting for Erdogan to give a speech after successfully ousting Kilicdaroglu.

Erdogan said to his thousands of supporters that now is the right time to “put aside all debates and conflicts related to the election period”.

It also said Turkey needs to unite to achieve “national goals and dreams.”

On that occasion, Erdoğan also stressed that the government’s main priority at the moment is fighting inflation and improving the situation after the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey, last February 6.