Really? Even when soldiers rose up and overthrew him, he still clung to power. If even a bloody coup couldn't do it, what chance does an election have?
Let me see, legitimate election vs coup that the rest of the world condemned. You can doubt he'll behave correctly, but the Istanbul elections are a better example to cite.
most of the western leaders waited to see how things were unfolding. Funny to compare the muteness of those leaders when macron right now is removing rioters from having a right to riot; beating them, and putting people who complain into jail with very little backfiring on the ww scene