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Turkey’s Erdogan wins presidential re-election (Third Lead)
Ankara, June 25 (IANS) Turkey’s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, tightening his grip on the nation he has ruled for 15 years.
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Monday announced that with 99.6 per cent of ballots counted, Erdogan had secured 52.5 per cent of the vote in the Sunday election, which would eliminate the need for a runoff, state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
Voter turnout was high at almost 87 per cent, according to election officials.
His top rival, Muharrem Ince, a lawmaker from the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), lagged behind at 30.6 per cent. He accepted the result on the basis of poll figures but said that everything about the vote was “unfair”.
Erdogan starts a new five-year term with sweeping new powers granted in a narrowly won referendum last year, denounced by his critics as a blatant power grab.
Under the new system, the office of Prime Minister is abolished, Parliament’s powers curtailed and the President is accorded wide-ranging executive authority.
Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its allied Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) retained their parliamentary majority.
Delivering a traditional balcony speech from the headquarters of his AKP early on Monday morning, Erdogan vowed to roll up his sleeves to build a bigger and stronger Turkey.
“The winners of the June 24 elections are Turkey, the Turkish nation, sufferers of our region and all oppressed (people) in the world,” he said, according to state media.
“Turkey has decided to take the side of growth, development, investment, enrichment and a reputable, honourable and influential country in all areas in the world,” he said.
The leader said his government would confront terror groups more decisively. “We will increase our country’s international reputation,” he was quoted as saying by Hurriyet Daily News.
“Immediately after the oath-taking ceremony, we will start implementing our programme by identifying our bureaucrats,” Erdogan said, vowing to work day and night as “we have no single moment to lose”.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also addressed his supporters in Ankara. “It is a festival day today. It is Turkey’s day. It is a day that 81 million people won and there is no loser.”
Eight political parties were contesting for the parliamentary polls while six candidates, including Erdogan, were in the fray for the presidential election.
Congratulations came in from Islamic leaders including Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Russian President Vladimir Putin talked of Erdogan’s “great political authority and mass support”.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated the Turkish leader on “the success of the Turkish democratic process and his victory in the presidential elections”.
Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah also sent their messages to Erdogan.
Under the new Constitution, Erdogan could stand for a third term when his second finishes in 2023, meaning he could potentially hold power until 2028.
–IANS
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International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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