The huge gains made by the opposition in Türkiye’s local elections are raising the possibility that the long-serving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party could step back from some of the populist leader’s more polarizing policies ahead of the next round of voting in four years’ time. There is no doubt that Sunday's local polls were a blow to both Erdogan and his Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party, or AKP, which won last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
Turkish Opposition Sweeps Local Polls, Dealing Blow to Erdogan s Ruling AKP
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After a huge setback in local elections, which way forward now for Turkey s Erdogan?
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