Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkish presidential election

ANKARA: -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won his country's first direct presidential election.

With almost all the votes counted, Mr Erdogan had won about 52%, against 38% for main rival Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.

The huge margin of victory means there is no need for a run-off.

Mr Erdogan, who has vowed to bolster the power of the president, promised supporters a "social reconciliation period", saying: "Let's leave the old discussions in the old Turkey."

He added in the speech in Ankara: "Today, not only those who love us, but also those who don't have won. Today Turkey has won."

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28729234

[bbc]2014-08-11[/bbc]

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk must be turning in his grave seeing the tyrant in the making being

elected to presidency... nothing good will come out of it for the Turkish people....

What a surprise!