All eyes on Turkey's 3 biggest cities as local elections approach - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jasper Mortimer

Jasper Mortimer

Mar 18, 2019

The old city is pictured from Galata tower in Istanbul, Turkey, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC116E529E60 — The old city is pictured from Galata tower in Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 1, 2017. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

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Mansur Yavas, the candidate of Turkey's opposition running for the office of mayor of Ankara in local elections gives a press conference, on March 12, 2019 in Ankara. - Turkish prosecutors have prepared on indictment against main opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP) Ankara mayoral candidate Mansur Yava? over claims the politician abused his powers while acting as an arbitrator in a legal dispute, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo credit should re

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Jasper Mortimer

Jasper Mortimer

Supporters attend a congress to launch the "Labour and Freedom Alliance", a six party coalition led by the HDP, in Istanbul on Sept. 24, 2022.

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