Turkey's president
says the world must respect the results of the election, which saw the ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP) regain its parliamentary majority.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
said voters had chosen stability following unrest.
With almost all
ballots counted, state-run Anadolu news agency said the AKP had won 49.4% of
the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%. The Turkish lira and
shares in Istanbul surged in response to the result. The lira was up by
more than 4% against the dollar and the BIST share index soared by over 5%
early on Monday.
'Turkey together'
"The national
will manifested itself on 1 November in favour of stability," President
Erdogan said early on Monday. "Let's be as one,
be brothers and all be Turkey together." But he also attacked
media criticism of him and called for global recognition of the election
result. "Now a party with
some 50% [of the vote] in Turkey has attained power... This should be respected
by the whole world, but I have not seen such maturity."
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