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Erdogan's AKP suffers upset in Turkey's two main cities

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party suffered a major upset on Monday after local election results showed it lost the capital Ankara and Istanbul after a decade and half in power.

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Source: AP

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By Alexandros Logothetis



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