ANKARA
Brazil’s far-left Workers’ Cause Party (PCO) late Sunday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his election victory.
Hailing Erdogan’s victory as a significant blow to imperialism, the party (Partido da Causa Operaria) said on Twitter that they see Erdogan’s reelection as the defeat of imperialism in the Middle East.
“Imperialism is defeated again. In the midst of a gigantic coup campaign against Erdogan, the current president was reelected in Turkey. Imperialism loses control of the Middle East,” it said.
According to unofficial results, incumbent President Erdogan won the race with 52.16%, while opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu got 47.84%.
More than 64.1 million Turkish citizens were registered to vote, including over 1.92 million who earlier cast their ballots at overseas polling stations. The voter turnout for Sunday’s election was 85.71%.
On May 14, no candidate crossed the 50% threshold in the first round, triggering the presidential runoff, although Erdogan took the lead with 49.52%. On that day, Erdogan’s electoral alliance also won a majority of seats in parliament.
