Erdogan leads in early Turkey election results 
Erdogan leads in early Turkey election results 

Parliamentary as well as presidential elections took place across Turkey. 

Preliminary unofficial results show Turkey’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 57.46 % of votes compared to rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu with 36.66 %, HaberTurk has reported.

As for the parliamentary elections, the first results reveal that Erdogan’s The People’s Alliance received 67,01% of votes, followed by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) with 22,30%.

Earlier, Turkey’s Supreme Election Board lifted the ban on reporting election results.

The polls opened at (05:00 GMT) and closed at 5 pm (14:00 GMT).