Turkey presidential elections: Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 57% votes, say reports

President Tayyip Erdogan had 57.02 percent of the vote with 40 percent of the votes counted in Turkey's presidential election on Sunday, broadcasters said.

Muharrem Ince, the main opposition's presidential candidate, Muharrem Ince, stood at 28.3 percent nationwide, television channels showed.

First results had been expected to give Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party a strong lead - one that could shorten as more votes are tallied across the nation of 81 million people. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent in Sunday's vote, a second round run-off will be held on July 8.