Punjab CM Naqvi leaves for Turkey to attend Erdogan inauguration
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Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi left Lahore for Turkey on Saturday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of president-elect Tayyip Erdoğan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to be sworn in on Saturday as head of state after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule for another five years as Turkey's economic woes worsen.
The inauguration in parliament will be followed by a lavish ceremony at his palace in the capital Ankara attended by dozens of world leaders.
Turkey's transformative but divisive leader won the May 28 runoff against a powerful opposition coalition, and despite an economic crisis and severe criticism following a devastating February earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people.
Erdogan won 52.18 percent of the vote while his secular rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu 47.82 percent, official results show.