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    Turkey Elections: Erdogan Wins Second Term

    President Erdogan's victory ushers in a powerful new executive presidency eliminating the prime minister's role and grants the leader the ability to rule by decree and dissolve parliament.
    by Vanessa Romo Jun 25, 2018 2 minutes
    Supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gather in front of the Huber Presidential Palace where he is expected to deliver a victory speech June 24. Preliminary results indicate Erdogan has avoided a run-off.

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a second five-year term on Sunday in an election granting the Turkish leader unprecedented executive powers.

    Addressing supporters from the Justice and Development Party or AKP headquarters in the nation's capital hours after his victory, Erdogan claimed Turkey's 81 million residents were the winners of the.

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