Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will become the country's first
directly-elected president by a wide margin of votes, according the
semi-official Anadolu News Agency.
Erdogan stopped short of declaring victory when he spoke Sunday night.
"We will continue to work
for our nation, we will continue to serve our homeland," Erdogan told a
crowd in Istanbul. "We will continue our fight for advanced democracy
and sovereignty of democracy standards."
With nearly 98% of the
votes counted, Erdogan avoided a runoff by winning more than 52% of the
votes, according to CNN Turk and Anadolu News Agency.
Diplomat Ekmeleddin Mehm
Ihsanoglu came in second with 38% of the votes. Kurdish politician
Selahattin Demirtas was a distant third with 9%.
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