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After more than two decades of uninterrupted rule, is the tide turning in Turkey?President Recep Tayep Erdogan threw all the weight of his AKP party to unseat Istanbul’s charismatic mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Instead, the possible presidential contender extended his gains in Sunday’s local elections.
Despite media and courts stacked against the opposition, the ruling party lost the country’s five biggest cities.
Erdogan conceded on the night, hinting that heads might roll inside his party. We’ll ask what’s changed in the eleven months since he handily won re-election, about the divide between urban and rural areas, and what’s next for Turkey’s democracy.
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Juliette Brown.
Source : france24
