Erdogan At a Crossroad
Losing Ankara and Istanbul is a significant defeat for Turkey’s President.
By Aykan Erdemir, April 2, 2019
Turkey’s opposition secured key victories in Sunday’s municipal elections -- winning back the mayorships of Ankara and Istanbul for the first time in 25 years.
Thanks to Erdogan’s use of government power to tilt the playing field, last Sunday’s elections were neither fair nor fully free.
Losing Ankara and Istanbul is a significant defeat for Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan repeatedly said in his campaign “whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey.” Those are political fighting words that may now come to haunt him.
Turkey’s battered opposition secured key victories in Sunday’s municipal elections, winning back the mayorships of Ankara and Istanbul for the first time in 25 years.
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