Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing setbacks in the country's local elections. His party has lost control of the capital, Ankara, and preliminary results show the opposition party may have edged it in Istanbul
Preliminary results also showed the opposition narrowly ahead of the President's Justice and Development Party in Istanbul, the country's largest city.The results, if confirmed, will be a blow to Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics since becoming Prime Minister in 2003.In Ankara, the opposition People's Republican Party won more than 50 percent of votes while the AKP trailed on around 47 percent, state news agency Anadolu said.
There, the CHP is leading with more than half the vote while the AKP is at least 20 points behind.The elections were widely seen as a referendum on Erdogan and his party ahead of the results. In a speech on Sunday evening, Erdogan said lessons would be learned."People who come up with false promises, go ahead. We will see how they will rule, we will continue on our path God willing -- by taking lessons from our mistakes in this election," he said.Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara.
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