Recep Tayyip Erdogan is re-elected as Turkey’s president

In Sekeroba, a village on the outskirts of the Nur Mountains in southern Turkey, a woman stood outside the rubble of her former house and waved a Turkish flag mounted on a long metal bar. “We love him,” she said, referring to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country’s longtime leader. “For the call to prayer, for our homes, and for our headscarves.” Cars screamed past, honking approvingly. A group of men fired shotgun rounds in the air.Scenes like this played out across Turkey on the evening of May 28th after Mr Erdogan scored a convincing victory in the of the country’s presidential elections. But the backdrop to the celebrations in Sekeroba was different from most. Less than four months ago, powerful earthquakes ripped through the village. Almost 180 people died. Rescue teams never showed up, though food and supplies began arriving within days. People tried to pry the wounded from the rubble with their bare hands. As in many places across the south, where the quakes claimed more than 50,000 lives, the botched response to them made no dent in support for Mr Erdogan. Turkey’s leader took 82% of the vote in Turkoglu, the district to which Sekeroba belongs, four percentage points better than five years ago.