Erdogan’s polls defeat adds to Turkey’s challenges
President forced to regroup after his party hit by local election results
Supporters of the Turkish president in Istanbul, the city where his election as mayor in 1994 set the seeds for his rise to the presidency © AP
Recep Tayyip Erdogan strived for a reassuring tone when he addressed supporters from the balcony of his ruling party headquarters in the early hours of Monday morning.
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