Erdogan's AKP down but not out after local vote

After a frenetic campaign with multiple daily rallies across Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP lost the major cities including Istanbul in Sunday's local elections, leaving the ruling party damaged but not beyond repair, analysts said. The AKP or its predecessors held Istanbul and Ankara since 1994. Erdogan first rose to prominence as a successful mayor of Istanbul between 1994 and 1998.

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