Turkey’s resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal local elections
Turkey’s main opposition party claims victory over incumbent Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party, on Sunday, March 31, in a nationwide local vote.
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00:00 Turkey's main opposition party claims victory over incumbent Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
00:06 and his AK Party on Sunday, March 31, in a nationwide local vote.
00:11 This reasserts the opposition as a political force and reinforces Istanbul Mayor Ekrem
00:17 İmamoğlu as the president's chief rival.
00:19 İmamoğlu read by 10 percentage points in the mayoral race in Istanbul, Turkey's largest
00:24 city, while his Republican People's Party, or CHP, retains Ankara and gains 15 other
00:30 mayoral seats in cities nationwide.
00:33 This marks the worst defeat for Erdogan and AKP in more than two decades in power and
00:37 could signal a change in the country's divided political landscape.
00:41 Analysts say Erdogan and AKP fared worse than opinion polls predicted due to soaring inflation
00:47 and dissatisfied Islamist voters.
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