Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Islamist-conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been in power for 22 years, suffered a major defeat in the country's municipal elections on Sunday. Here are the five facts about the election that led to the collapse of the presidential camp. Local elections, a national stake By getting personally involved in the municipal election campaign alongside AKP candidates, especially in Istanbul, which he wanted to recapture at all costs, Erdogan gave these local elections a national character. More than the crushing of the AKP candidate in Istanbul, the less than charismatic Murat Kurum, the defeat of the Turkish president was commented on. His party has failed to regain the major cities it lost five years ago, including Istanbul and Ankara, and has also lost provincial capitals in conservative Anatolia, which it has long considered its stronghold. Burke Essen, a political scientist at Istanbul's Sabancı University, […]
Source: News Beast
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