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Turkey re-election President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been dealt a blow by the EU's claim to be a global superpower, the Telegraph article notes.
The article points out that Brussels has recently tried to persuade Turkey to join the EU, but Erdogan's presidency complicates prospects for strengthening ties with Europe.
“Brussels can only curse the day it decided that Turkey could become a full member of the alliance. The re-election of Erdogan for a five-year term poses a serious challenge to the EU and undermines its status as a self-proclaimed superpower with soft power, comparable to American or Chinese,” the author writes.
According to the chairman of Turkey's High Election Commission, Ahmet Yener, Erdogan won the second round of the presidential election with more than 52% of the vote. The final results of the election will be published no earlier than 1 .June.