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Istanbul, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conceded defeat on Sunday in the country’s local elections, saying the vote was a “turning point” for his party after two decades in power.
After casting his vote, Imamoglu emerged to applause and chants of “Everything will be fine”, the slogan he used when he first took the city hall from the AKP in 2019. Opposition supporters celebrated victory in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, as well as in the southern city of Antalya.“Voters have chosen to change the face of Turkey,” said CHP chairman Ozgur Ozel as the results emerged.Erdogan acknowledged the electoral setback in a speech to supporters at the headquarters of his party.“We will of course respect the decision of the nation. We will avoid being stubborn, acting against the national will and questioning the power of the nation,” he added.
“Everyone is worried about the day-to-day,” said 43-year-old Istanbul resident Guler Kaya as she voted. Berk Esen, an academic at Sabanci University, said that the CHP had pulled off “the biggest election defeat of Erdogan’s career”. Clashes were reported in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, leaving one dead and 12 wounded, a local official told AFP.
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