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Hah Hah Hah! Rerun the election a 3rd time? Erdy stunned by huge loss in Istanbul

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Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu has won the initial round of voting in Istanbul's mayoral election after the Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate, Binali Yildirim, conceded to him. http://t.co/dEVPgVBpZR
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Erdogan Dealt Stunning Blow as Istanbul Elects Rival Candidate

"We'll keep doing it til you rubes get it right!"
[Bloomberg] Turkish opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the redo of the Istanbul mayor's race by a landslide on Sunday, in a stinging indictment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic policies and his refusal to accept an earlier defeat.

Imamoglu, backed by opposition parties including CHP, won 54% of the vote, and the ruling AK Party's candidate, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim captured 45%, according to state media. The political upstart broadened his margin of victory to nearly 800,000 votes from 14,000 in the March 31 balloting,

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in a clear sign voters are concerned about the crumbling of Turkey's democratic foundations and an economy reeling from a spike in consumer prices and unemployment.
Posted by: 3dc 2019-06-24

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