A setback for the Reis. On Sunday 31 March Turkey’s liberal opposition got here out on high within the nation’s municipal elections. The centre-left CHP (Republican Folks’s Social gathering) managed to win or maintain Turkey’s largest cities, together with Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
It was a failure for the right-wing populist AK (Justice and Growth) Social gathering of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which misplaced quite a lot of its strongholds. Amid rampant inflation AK proved unable to mobilise sufficient voters. This increase to the opposition is unlikely to resolve all Turkey’s issues, however it had been eagerly hoped for by the various Turks upset by the 2023 presidential election. Some see the affirmation of Ekrem İmamoğlu (CHP) as mayor of Istanbul as an excellent omen and are already hoping to see him problem Erdoğan for the presidency in 2028.
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