Erdogan seeks revenge in Turkey's local polls

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 25, 2024 12:06 am

ISTANBUL: Turks will vote next Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.

The secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) took back control of the city — Turkey's economic powerhouse — for the first time since before Erdogan ruled it as mayor in the 1990s in watershed 2019 polls.

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