Recep Tayyip Erdogan sworn in as Türkiye's president for 3rd term

Recep Tayyip Erdogan sworn in as Türkiye's president for 3rd term

Ankara (Web Desk): Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as President of Turkiye for a third five-year term in a grand ceremony at Grand National Assembly in Ankara.

The sworn in ceremony in parliament was followed by the inauguration ceremony which was attended by 21 heads of state, 13 prime ministers, as well as parliamentary and ministerial-level representatives, and representatives of international organizations, including NATO and OIC at the Presidential Complex.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan were among the participants.

The Turkish president will announce the new Cabinet later on Saturday, the Radio Pakistan reported.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a presidential runoff election last Sunday with 52.18 percent of the vote. Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.82 percent votes.