ANKARA: After a frenetic campaign with multiple daily rallies across Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP lost the major cities including ...
including Istanbul in Sunday's local elections, leaving the ruling party damaged but not beyond repair, analysts said.
That is what happened on Sunday, losing not only Istanbul and Ankara but also Antalya, for a combined population of around 22 million out of 82 million nationwide. Esen also said the candidates fielded by the AKP were"outshone" by opposition candidates including popular centrist mayors. After a two-year ceasefire collapsed, clashes between the PKK and Turkish security forces resumed, while Erdogan's rhetoric against the HDP became harsher during the campaign, which experts say alienated many Kurdish voters.Erdogan is"wounded because of Istanbul but he is very much alive," said Ayse Ayata, a professor at Ankara's Middle East Technical University.
Esen said Erdogan's hands were also"tied in the international arena due to the standoff with the US and the election results will further curtail his room for manoeuvre".
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