President: 'Let's be as one ... all be Turkey together'

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the nation had voted for stability in a legislative election that saw the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, win almost 50 percent of the vote, and said the world should respect the result.

The AKP swept to an unexpected landslide victory on Sunday, returning Turkey to single-party rule.

"The national will manifested itself on Nov 1 in favor of stability," Erdogan said.