(National-UAE) The Turkish diaspora in Europe gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a boost in his tight re-election race, preliminary results showed on Monday.
In Germany, where the Turkish community of three million is the largest abroad, Mr Erdogan was ahead with 65 per cent of votes to 33 per cent for his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
Hundreds of Erdogan supporters formed a convoy in Dortmund, western Germany, as results in Turkey showed the president narrowly ahead but heading for a run-off vote.
Mr Erdogan led by wide margins among expats in Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands and France, while Mr Kilicdaroglu led among Turkish voters in the UK and Switzerland.
