The leader of a party with strong Islamic roots that won a landslide victory in the Turkish elections has moved to calm fears over the state's secular tradition of government.
The Justice and Development Party immediately pledged support for secularism, Turkey's bid to join the EU and an International Monetary Fund austerity programme.
The leader of the party, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told supporters: "We will not spend our time dizzy with victory. We will build a Turkey where common sense prevails".
With 97 per cent of the ballot boxes counted, Mr Erdogan's party had 34 per cent, it was reported.
The rival Republican People's party had 19 per cent. Two other smaller parties were hovering just below the 10 per cent threshold needed to enter parliament.
Even if one of the parties were to cross the threshold, the Justice party would still be able to form a government in the 550-seat parliament without any coalition partners - a rarity in Turkish politics.
The party's campaign was fuelled by anger over Turkey's worst economic crisis in decades. In its campaign, the party described itself as conservative but said it would not pursue an Islamic agenda.
Mr Erdogan says his government's first priority will be to "speedily pursue the EU membership process" and said it will "follow an economic programme to integrate the country with the world".