Kurtulmuş will serve for a term of three years unless a snap vote is called.
Candidates from five political parties with groups in Parliament competed in polls.
AK Party’s ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), did not have a candidate and endorsed Kurtulmuş.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is running with its lawmaker from eastern Artvin province, Uğur Bayraktutan, while Parliament’s third-largest, the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), nominated their Diyarbakır representative Cengiz Çandar for the post.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following the vote, congratulated Kurtulmuş.
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