Jokowi Congratulates Erdogan Being Elected Again As President Of Turkey

President Jokowi (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan (left) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Friday (31/7/2015). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Yudhi Mahatma/pd/aa.

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo congratulated the re-elect of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of Turkey.

"Congratulations on the re-elect of my brother Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan," Jokowi said via his Instagram account @jokowi, which was monitored in Jakarta, Monday, May 29, was confiscated by Antara.

Jokowi said Indonesia was ready to continue and strengthen the Indonesia-Turkey strategic partnership for the benefit of the people of the two countries.

It was previously reported that Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected as president of Turkey in the second round of the presidential election, according to the leadership of the Turkish Election Council (YSK) on Sunday local time.

YSK chairman Ahmet Yener said Erdogan was ahead of his competitor Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the second round of the Turkish presidential election.

Berdasarkan hasil suara yang belum disahkan, incumbent Turki ini memperoleh 52,14 persen suara, sementara Kilicdaroglu mendapatkan 47,86 persen suara, kata Yener kepada pers di Ankara.

Yener added that so far 99.43 votes have been opened.

In his speech in Istanbul on Sunday, May 28, Erdogan said 85 million Turkish citizens were the winner of this year's presidential election.