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President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered an unprecedented defeat in the elections from the main opposition party since he came to power more than two decades ago, according to Bloomberg. According to preliminary results, Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AK) fell behind the main opposition Republican People’s Party, known as CHP, in Sunday’s municipal elections on March 31 for the first time ever. Support for AKP stood at 35.5%, while CHP was leading the race with 37.7%, with almost 100% of the ballots counted. www.cnnturk.com AKP was expected to win the mayor’s seat in 24 cit…

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