from RT
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged an electoral defeat for his Justice and Development Party (AKP), after it was projected to have lost to the opposition in Sunday’s municipal elections.
The top offices in Türkiye’s largest cities were among those contested at the ballot box. The ruling party’s main challenger, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has managed to retain the mayorships in Istanbul and Ankara – the economic powerhouse of the country and its capital, respectively. Erdogan had sought to win back the key cities his party ceded five years ago.
The CHP prevailed in 36 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, including in some traditional AKP strongholds, the news agency Anadolu has said, citing preliminary results. It won 37% of the votes nationally, compared to the AKP’s 36%. The results represent the strongest electoral performance by the secular nationalist political force in two decades. The outcome has turned the tables on Erdogan, who beat an alliance of six opposition parties led by the CHP in last year’s presidential election...
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