Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP suffered a blow in Sunday’s local election with the ruling party set to lose the capital Ankara and risking defeat in the country’s economic hub Istanbul. Losing Turkey’s two major cities would be a clear setback for Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was currently leading in municipal elections across the country. Erdogan noted Sunday that despite showing a solid advantage, the AK party had lost some cities, declaring that the results are a “necessity of democracies”, ...
