Turkey heads to local elections as Erdogan seeks to avenge defeat.

Turkey is heading to local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to avenge his 2019 defeat, where the secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) won control of Istanbul, Turkey's economic powerhouse. Erdogan has entrusted his former Environment Minister, Murat Kurum, to run for mayor of Istanbul in the March 31 polls. This is a significant effort to regain control, especially after the CHP also won Ankara and the Aegean port city of Izmir in 2019, challenging Erdogan's political dominance.

March 24, 2024
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