Erdogan takes office as Turkish President UPDATED/VIDEO
Ankara hosted the inauguration ceremony of re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on June 3.
According to Caliber.Az, Erdogan took the oath of office at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament). He first received his mandate from the interim chairman of the country's parliament, Devlet Bahceli and then took the oath of office.
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Ankara is hosting the inauguration ceremony of the re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take the oath in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament) in a ceremony attended by many foreign leaders, Caliber.Az reports.
First, he will receive his mandate from the interim chairman of the country's parliament, Devlet Bahceli, and then take the oath.
High-level officials from 78 countries are attending Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony on June 3.
The inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex is attended by 21 heads of state, 13 prime ministers, as well as parliamentary and ministerial-level representatives, and representatives of international organizations, including the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), NATO and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Erdogan will host guests at a dinner at the Cankaya Palaca, the former home of Turkish presidents, after the ceremony at around 1900 local time.
He is expected to announce his Cabinet after dinner.
Erdogan won a presidential runoff election last Sunday with 52.18 per cent of the vote. Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.82%, according to final results released by the country's Supreme Election Council.