Erdogan suffers heavy defeat in Turkey’s key local elections
by Shweta Sharma
Apr 01, 2024
2 minutes
Turkey’s main opposition party has secured a sweeping victory in local elections, dealing a serious setback to Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan’s two-decade grip on power and signalling a change in the country’s political landscape.
The opposition candidate, , clinched a second term as Istanbul’s mayor despite Erdogan’s concerted effort to unseat him and, in the process, cemented his position as the president’s
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