More congratulations from abroad for Turkey's Erdogan

By Hatice Senses Kurukiz and

ISTANBUL (AA) - Over a week since Turkey’s landmark June 24 elections, congratulatory messages for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continue to pour in from abroad.

Slovenian President Borut Pahor congratulated Erdogan in a telephone call, according to presidential sources.

Additionally, Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of Iraq's Sairoon coalition and prominent Shia cleric, congratulated the Turkish president for his victory in the elections on the phone.

Al-Sadr's Sairoon coalition dominated Iraq’s May 12 parliamentary poll, winning 54 parliamentary seats, according to official results.

Since the announcement of Erdogan's win in the June 24 polls, many world leaders and prominent figures have sent messages or letters to congratulate Erdogan, or telephoned him.

According to Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK), Erdogan won an absolute majority in the presidential election with 52.5 percent of the vote.

In the parliamentary polls, the People's Alliance of Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) won 53.6 percent of the vote.