Erdogan's allure is fading
Because he completely dominated the poll, the Turkish President will be finding it even harder to swallow his party's defeats in Ankara and Istanbul. The loss of Turkey's two biggest cities shows that in the midst of an economic crisis, more Turks want solid solutions instead of bluster and grandstanding aimed at polarising the electorate. By Ulrich von Schwerin
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