A decisive win for Turkey's main opposition party in a re-run of a mayoral election in Istanbul this weekend has prompted hopes for economic and political change.
A decisive win for Turkey's main opposition party in a re-run of a mayoral election in Istanbul this weekend has dealt a blow to President Erdogan.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate for the main opposition Republican People's Party , won 54% of the vote, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported, while Binali Yildirim, the candidate for Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party , received around 45% of the vote. Addressing crowds of jubilant supporters in Istanbul on Sunday, Imamoglu said "In this city today, you have fixed democracy. Thank you, Istanbul," Reuters reported, pledging to build democracy and justice in the Turkish capital.
"The president's share of the vote has gone down steadily, not dramatically, but steadily in recent elections and the state of the economy is, at this point, quite risky so we're seeing the AKP party and Erdogan struggling to keep the same hold on Turkish politics that they were able to in the past."
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