Loss in Istanbul blow to Turkey's Erdogan

By Ezgi Erkoyun and Ali Kucukgocmen
Updated June 24 2019 - 7:23am, first published 7:18am
The opposition's Ekrem Imamoglu has won the Istanbul mayoral race as the government's man conceded.
The opposition's Ekrem Imamoglu has won the Istanbul mayoral race as the government's man conceded.

Turkey's main opposition has claimed a decisive victory in Istanbul's rerun election, dealing one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power and promising a new beginning in the country's largest city.

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