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New Delhi:Terming it as a turning point, Turkeys longest-serving leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has accepted his partys defeat in crucial local polls across the country, including in capital Ankara and his hometown Istanbul...
The polls were held nine months after Erdogan extended his two decades in power by bagging a presidential run-off election with over 52 percent of the vote...
The countrys Opposition, the Republican Peoples Party (CHP), celebrated victories not just in key hubs like Istanbul and Ankara but in 36 out of the countrys 81 municipalities that went to polls..
In 2019, considered Erdogans worst electoral setback since coming to power, his partys 25-year winning streak in Istanbul ended after Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the mayoral race...
Senior Turkish political analyst and commentator Rusen Cakir claims Erdogans party lost out on votes from pensioners, due to his controversial economic policies...
