Erdogan: Local Elections ‘Turning Point’ for Türkiye

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday has said that the results of the local elections marked a “turning point” for his Justice and Development Party (AK Party).
Despite the outcome of the local elections, Erdogan pledged to “respect the decision of the nation.”
Addressing the crowd from the headquarters in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said his party could not achieve the anticipated results from Sunday’s local elections.
“We will evaluate the results of the local elections open-heartedly in our party and we will engage in self-criticism,” Erdogan said.
Opposition’s Imamoglu declares victory in Istanbul.
Incumbent mayor of Türkiye’s Istanbul and opposition CHP candidate, Ekrem Imamoglu, has declared victory in Türkiye’s largest city Istanbul.

More than 61 million voters nationwide are eligible to cast their votes at over 200,000 polling stations with candidates from 34 political parties competing.