'Downright dictatorship': Turkey's electoral body orders Istanbul vote re-run

The organisation claims there were "irregularities and corruption" in Istanbul's mayoral election, which saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lose to his main opposition Ekrem Imamoglu.

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu'nun elleri siyasetin en son tartışma konularından. Source: AAP

Turkey's top election body ordered a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election on Monday after the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained about its shock defeat in the vote, the state news agency reported. 

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) narrowly lost Turkey's biggest city in the 31 March local elections, ending the party and its predecessors' 25-year control of the metropolis.

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