Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in municipal elections but the opposition's success in key cities dealt a significant blow to his party's dominance.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in municipal elections but the opposition's success in key cities dealt a significant blow to his party's dominance. The ruling party lost the capital, Ankara, and the race for Istanbul mayor was still too close to call early on Monday.
More than 57 million voters were eligible to take part in choosing the mayors of 30 major cities, 51 provincial capitals and 922 districts in Turkey. In big cities, voters cast four ballots, for metropolitan mayor, district mayor, the municipal assembly and a neighbourhood administrator. But Erdogan still came out on top as the ruling party and an allied nationalist party won more than half of the votes across Turkey.Speaking from the balcony of party headquarters in Ankara early on Monday, where he has for years declared victory, Erdogan said he and his allies had come out first. Admitting setbacks, he said the party would work to understand and fix where they failed.
The mayor's seat in the city of 15 million is important. Erdogan's own ascent to power began there in 1994.
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