The map of Turkey turned red, filled with the colors of the opposition parties, after Erdogan's defeat in the elections

One should see the electoral map of Turkey after yesterday's local elections to understand the magnitude of the opposition's victory, as Ariana Ferentinou emphasizes in her response from Istanbul for Deutsche Welle. The red color of the Republican People's Party (CHP ) covers all of eastern Thrace, part of the Pontus, Constantinople and its surroundings. Also all the beaches of the Aegean, almost half of the Turkish beaches in the Mediterranean. In mainland Turkey, the red color reaches as far as Ankara. In Istanbul of 16 million, in addition to the Metropolitan Municipality won once again by Ekrem Imamoglu, all smaller municipalities and regions in the Bosphorus and Horn went to the CHP, which leads the ruling AKP with 51.16%. Overall the CHP won in 36 of the 81 provinces, 15 of which were metropolitan cities. How can one explain this impressive reversal of data, just 10 months after the parliamentary and presidential elections […]
Source: News Beast

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