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Turkey’s ErdoÄŸan suffers blow in crucial mayoral elections as secular opposition surges
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan suffered a major blow on Sunday‚ with initial results showing the country’s main opposition party notched up regional election victories around the country.
The opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) held onto or captured the country’s five biggest cities in Sunday’s vote‚ which had been seen as a make-or-break moment for a movement still reeling from ErdoÄŸan’s victory in the Turkish presidential contest in May 2023.
The CHP...