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Neglected Ankara threatens to snub Erdogan in mayoral poll | Financial Times

Neglected Ankara threatens to snub Erdogan in mayoral poll

Laura Pitel and Funja Guler in Ankara

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rarely shown much love for Ankara. Like many from his Islamist ruling party, the Turkish president is widely believed to view the capital of 96 years as a symbol of a secular republican project that severed links with a glorious Ottoman past.

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