CNN —Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stretched his rule into a third decade after Sunday’s presidential election victory.
Are you ready to win both Uskudar (a large district in Istanbul) and Istanbul in the local elections in 2024?
Then let’s not stop.”By winning back Istanbul, Erdogan means having it governed by a mayor from his Justice and Development (AK) Party.
Before beginning his term as prime minister in 2003, Erdogan was himself mayor of Istanbul between 1994 and 1998.
The opposition beat Erdogan by nearly three points in both Istanbul and Ankara in Sunday’s presidential runoff.
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