Observers called it Erdogan s worst election defeat since his party took power in 2002, with many blaming sky-high inflation of 67% and a crashing devaluation of the lira currency the past year
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ISTANBUL (Reuters): Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president's chief rival.