Polling stations closed across Turkey on Sunday for municipal elections, election board chair Ahmet Yener told reporters in Ankara. Preliminary results are expected later this evening. The race for control of the largest city Istanbul and other industrial hubs will test President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s popularity amid a cost-of-living crisis and 10 months after he extended his rule with a third term. Roughly 61 million people were eligible to vote, including around 1 million first-time voters. Observers pointed to an unfair election campaign with 70-year-old Erdoğan enjoying far larger state r…