Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election in a telephone call. The focus of the conversation was on "common priorities" The 69-year-old Erdoğan won the run-off election against opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday – but only by a narrow margin.
The Islamic-conservative incumbent was re-elected for another five years. International election observers criticized Erdoğan for having "unfair advantages" in the election.