Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party suffered their biggest upset in more than two decades on Sunday as the opposition swept municipal elections in Istanbul and other major cities.

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party have been dealt a serious blow after losing out to the opposition in local elections. With most of the votes counted after Sunday’s ...

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged a "turning point" for his country after his ruling party suffered its biggest political defeat in over two decades of power this weekend.

President Erdogan's ironclad grip on Turkish politics appears to be slipping from his hands, after the main opposition party scored stunning successes in local elections over the weekend.

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we could not get the result we wanted in the local election test,” Erdogan added. “We will correct our mistakes and redress our shortcomings.” He vowed to press ahead with an economic ...

The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...