ISTANBUL: Türkiye holds municipal elections across the country on Sunday (Mar 31), with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition. Erdogan's road to power in Türkiye began in Istanbul when he was elected mayor of the mythic c
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Turkey holds municipal elections across the country on Sunday, with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition."Istanbul is the jewel, the treasure and the apple of our country's eye," the 70-year-old leader said at a rally in the city recently.
Municipal elections in Turkey take place on Sunday, with all eyes on Istanbul, the “jewel” of the nation that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to wrest from the opposition. Erdogan's rise to power in Turkey began in 1994, when he was chosen as mayor of Istanbul, a legendary city bordering both Europe and Asia. […]
Sultan Kosen, who towers over everyone else in the world at 8ft 3inches, was today seen peering out of the privacy curtain at the polling station in the Derik district of Mardin, on Turkey s southern border