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FILES: Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his party’s group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on June 21, 2023. Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year’s general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.
He is seeking to avenge the worst political defeat of his two-decade rule, when CHP arch rival Ekrem Imamoglu took the town hall.The powerful president bounced back last year to win a tough presidential election that came in the throes of an economic crisis and a massive earthquake that claimed more than 53,000 lives in Turkey.
He won a re-run vote by a massive margin that turned him into an instant hero for the opposition and a formidable foe for Erdogan.The 52-year-old is widely seen as the opposition’s best bet at winning back the presidency from Erdogan’s AKP party in 2028. In 2019, the CHP’s Imamoglu received support from a wide range of political parties that included the right-wing IYI, Kurds and Socialists who oppose Erdogan.– ‘Biggest prize’-
He said winning back the city was extremely important for Erdogan, 70, who said these March local elections would be his last.“Istanbul is a city with enormous municipal resources that provides services to 16 million citizens”, he said.But Erman Bakirci from the Konda polling company insisted Imamoglu was “ahead” in Istanbul and suggested there could be “a gap between the polls and the actual election results”.
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