Among those who conveyed their well wishes were Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, and President Nechirvan Barzani of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also took to Twitter to share his phone conversation with Erdoğan, expressing his congratulations.

“I just called President Erdoğan to congratulate him on his overwhelming victory in the first round of the presidential elections and the outstanding and unquestionable victory of the AK Party at the recent Turkish parliamentary elections. Good luck for the second round, President! A strong and stable Türkiye is good for Hungary, good for Europe and good for the world!” Orbán wrote. (ILKHA)