Neither the president nor his rival Kılıçdaroğlu secured more than 50% of vote in closely fought national poll
  •  alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    1•11 months ago

    of note: Erdoğan lost both Ankara and Istanbul to Kılıçdaroğlu despite outpolling him; that’s pretty significant and speaks to the erosion of the AKP in urban areas. (it wasn’t that long ago that Erdoğan’s base of success was Istanbul, even!) we’ll see if Kılıçdaroğlu can maintain that success in the runoff