The presidents of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, Ilham Aliyev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, were the first to congratulate Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election as the president of Turkey, TASS reports, citing to Erdogan's office.

A little later, Turkish state-funded Anadolu Agency reported that the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, also congratulated the Turkish leader on his re-election, and called Erdogan's re-election "an immutably valuable token of trust " by the Turkish people.

According to the preliminary results of Sunday’s presidential runoff election in Turkey, incumbent Erdogan has been re-elected. After the counting of ballots in 99% of the ballot boxes, Erdogan received has 52% of the votes, whereas the opposition’s candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu—47%, reports Turkish OdaTV.