Qatar emir congratulates Erdogan

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, has publicly congratulated Erdogan on winning the election, though the final results are not yet done.

“My dear brother Recep Tayyip Erdogan, congratulations on your victory, and I wish you success in your new term, and that you achieve in it what the brotherly Turkish people aspire to in terms of progress and prosperity, and for the strong relations of our two countries to further development and growth,” Tamim, one of Erdogan’s closest international allies, tweeted.

Qatar's emir is the first world leader to congratulate Erdogan - at least publicly.

And Doha has been lit up in celebration: