Surprising defeat for Erdogan and nationalists in elections in Türkiye. Victory in the Istanbul mayoral election was declared on Monday night.
The opposition CHP - the party of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - won almost 38 percent of the vote nationwide. It was more than two points ahead of the AKP. The local elections, in which city and local councils were also reappointed, were seen as an important test of sentiment. “The era of one-person rule ends today,” said the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu.