Turkish election victory for Erdogan leaves nation divided - BBC News

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters are celebrating after Turkey's long-time president won Sunday's vote, securing another five years in power.

"The entire nation of 85 million won," he told cheering crowds outside his enormous palace on the edge of Ankara.

But his call for unity sounded hollow as he ridiculed his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu - and took aim at a jailed Kurdish leader and the LGBT community.

The opposition leader denounced "the most unfair election in recent years".

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[esashaik]

US and Britain have a habit of voting clowns yet they want to point fingers at Turkiye 😂

[khassatnafsik]

BBC is not happy with this victory....oh no

[Roland_Tr_Swing]

Bbc crying coz it wasnt the result the british government wanted 😂😂😂

[muteekattan]

Like if the other won the nation would have been united ?
Stupid title

[gdewyg]

People have decided and congratulations to Erdoğan

[GeraltRivian]

What a title!! the nation is devided either ways. That's democracy . Congrats Turkye.

[SecwetGwiwer]

The title should be more like…leaves the BBC disappointed.

[frankie]

"leaves people divided"not like every other country in the world, when a side loses

[mukit]

It makes sense BBC having struggle to publish his winning 😅😅😅😅

[hekma]

This historical victory not easy to be accepted by a hudge number of western press who worked hard to achieve the opposite

[duncansmith]

BBC Verify needs to investigate why only one street interview featured an Erdogan supporter, but 3 featured supporters of the opposition. the usual bias seeping through.

[muhakijera]

The mainstream media should know that people nowadays see through their headlines. Congrats Turkey 🎉🎉🎉

[marinaallen]

Congratulations from Russia 🇷🇺 👏 🙌 👍 👌 😀 🇷🇺 👏 🙌

[FireLongShorts]

nothing is divided the turkish people around the world are celebrating
The BBC could not digest the victory of Erdugan
long live Erdugan we love you❤❤🇹🇷🇹🇷😊

[usmanzaheer]

Bbc western and american Media are in tears they are crying

[johnreynolds]

More broadly and importantly it shows the division in NATO regarding Russia and Ukraine.

[bumblebee]

Western media hypocrisy is unbelievable 😂

[alfabravo]

The Economist Magazine said this was the most important election of 2023.

[Naeem_Shiddek]

We can feel your pain @BBC. A cup of sympathy. ☕

[abdirisakjama]

British propaganda, US and Britain are crying now because of the election loss . Turkish people have set an example for countries around the world that no one need western intervention of their choice. Well done Erdogan and god bless him ❤