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    Question

    Who won the presidential election in Turkey and secured

    a third term in office?
    A Recep Tayyip Erdogan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Kemal Kilicdaroglu Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Ismail Demir Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Ahmet Davutoglu Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Abdullah Gul Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per the information given, below, the correct answer is option A. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s presidential election, defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s runoff vote and stretching his rule into a third decade. With 99.43% of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Sunday showed Erdogan winning with 52.14% of the votes. Kilicdaroglu received 47.86%. Speaking to thousands of his supporters outside the presidential complex in Ankara, Erdogan said that now was the time to “put aside all the debates and conflicts regarding the election period and unite around our national goals and dreams.”

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