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Erdogan control of Istanbul hangs in balance as recession and opposition coalition threatens to end his decades long control of key city
On Sunday, Turkish voters go to the polls in critical local elections, in which control of the country's main cities are up for grabs. With inflation soaring and the country in recession, this election is set to pose a big challenge for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.
Turkey’s ruling AKP Party with its message of services, jobs, and construction is seeking to defeat the country’s main pro-Kurdish HDP party in Sunday’s local elections. One of the main battlegrounds is Diyarbakir, the central city in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, a center of a decades-long insurgency by separatists. Dorian Jones reports.
Stability in Turkey an important issue in Sunday’s local elections after decades of insurgency by separatists
With local elections in Turkey set for this coming Sunday (3/31), the vote is seen as a crucial test for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP, in the country's predominantly Kurdish southeast. Most of the HDP's mayors and parliamentary deputies are in jail, accused of supporting a Kurdish insurgency. Still, as Dorian Jones reports from Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish region, HDP candidates are running for office.
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