“We are not the only winners, the winner is Turkey. The winner is all parts of our society, our democracy is the winner.”

Erdogan stated that the government’s top goals would include battling inflation and treating the wounds left by the devastating earthquake that struck the country and neighbouring Syria on February 6 and left more than 50,000 people dead.

“This was the most unfair election period in our history. We did not bow down to the climate of fear. In this election, the will of the people to change an authoritarian government became clear despite all the pressures,” he said at his party headquarters in Ankara, the country’s capital.NYSC Portal