Turkey's Supreme Election Council Announces Presidential Election Results

The current leader of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is garnering 49.4% of the votes in the presidential elections, while the united opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, is at 44.96%. The election results are being updated live minute by minute on the hurriyet.com.tr website. The counting of votes is nearing completion.

These figures were announced live by Ahmet Yener, the head of the country’s central election commission, on Turkish television.