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The 2024 Turkish elections witnessed a significant blow to President Erdogan and his AKP, with Ekrem Imamoglu leading the opposition to victory in key cities. Economic challenges and broad discontent fueled this electoral shift, signaling a potential turning point in Turkish politics.

With most of the votes counted, Imamoglu led by 10 percentage points in the mayoral race in Istanbul, Turkeys largest city, while his Republican Peoples Party (CHP) retained Ankara and gained 15 other mayoral seats in cities nationwide.

In an unexpected but significant blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's main opposition party clinched major election victories in the cities of Istanbul and Ankara. The election results of the local polls were a major setback for Erdogan since he had hoped to take back control of the cities soon after clinching a third term as the president. The Turkish president had carried out a campaign across Istanbul - a city where he had grown up and also once held the position of m...

Turkey's main opposition party has claimed big election victories in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara. The results are a significant blow for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had hoped to regain control of the cities less than a year after he claimed a third term as president. He led the ca

The social democratic Republican People’s Party will govern five of the most populated cities in the country

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Polls had predicted a tight contest in Istanbul and possible CHP losses across the country

The nationwide local vote reasserts the opposition as a political force and reinforces Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president's chief rival

Opposition’s triumph in Istanbul, where the president had invested significant electoral resources, boosts a party that was left reeling by a general election defeat last year.

Turkish president says his alliance has lost altitude and will take steps to address the message from voters