Turkey's opposition has dealt President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of Istanbul in a re-run mayoral election, breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering a message from voters unhappy over his ever tighter grip on power
ISTANBUL - Turkey's opposition has dealt President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of Istanbul in a re-run mayoral election, breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering a message from voters unhappy over his ever tighter grip on power.
On Sunday and in the early hours Monday, tens of thousands of Imamoglu supporters celebrated in the streets of Istanbul after the former businessman triumphed over Erdogan's handpicked candidate by almost 800,000 votes. Erdogan congratulated him for the victory and Imamoglu's rival, Binali Yildirim of the ruling AK Party , wished him luck as mayor barely two hours after polls closed.Erdogan has ruled Turkey since 2003, first as prime minister and then as president, becoming the country's most dominant politician since its founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, nearly a century ago.
Story continuesTurkey's lira tumbled after the decision to annul the March vote and is down 8% this year, in part on election jitters. "This re-run was one to put an end to the dictatorship," said Gulcan Demirkaya, a 48-year-old housewife in Istanbul's AKP-leaning Kagithane district."God willing, I would like to see him as the president in five years' time. The one-man rule should come to an end."The results are likely to trigger a new chapter in Turkish politics, now that the country's top three cities now held by the opposition.
"The election process should close," MHP party leader Devlet Bahceli said."Talking of an early election would be among the worst things that can be done to our country."
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