Turkey's election board has ruled in favor of a revote for Istanbul's next mayor, according to a state-run news agency
Istanbul, Turkey Turkey's election board has ruled in favor of a revote for Istanbul's next mayor, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. The country's Supreme Election Council [YSK] announced its 7-4 decision on Monday, weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party lost that race by a razor thin margin.
The opposition Republican People's Party won control of both Istanbul and capital city Ankara in the March 31 local elections, dealing a blow to Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, known as AKP. But in Istanbul, the victory was a narrow one, with CHP at 48.79% of the vote -- just ahead of AKP's 48.51%. According to Anadolu, the re-run will take place on June 23 and Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's new CHP mayor, had his mayoral certificate canceled by YSK on Monday.
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