First data, Erdogan's candidates back in Istanbul and Ankara. The opposition is also ahead in Izmir, on the entire Aegean and Mediterranean coast.
Pro-Kurdish party dominates in the south-east. Erdogan's party maintains control over much of central Anatolia. The mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu and that of Ankara Mansur Yavas are ahead of the candidates supported by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the first results, released by the HaberTurk channel.