Erdogan received 67.4 percent of the votes in this group, according to state news agency Anadolu. In the first round of voting two weeks ago, he received 65.5 percent.
Erdogan has a powerful organizational structure in Germany, says Yunus Ulusoy of the Center for Turkish Studies in Essen. It was a very peaceful election, considering how politically divided Turkish society is, he says. In pubs in the city, there was controversy within the Turkish community.