Wielding İstanbul's clout, Kaftancıoğlu and the CHP take aim at 2023 elections
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When it comes to success at the ballot box, Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once said: "Whoever wins İstanbul, wins Turkey.” Many see İstanbul as the foundation for Erdoğan's political rise and the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) success. Yet, in a June 2019 re-run election, Erdoğan’s party lost control of the city to the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and its allies. With the next elections on the horizon, the opposition party has been focusing on another İstanbul win, this time to propel its presidential campaign to unseat Erdoğan.
Wielding İstanbul's clout, Kaftancıoğlu and the CHP take aim at 2023 elections
Wielding İstanbul's clout, Kaftancıoğlu and…
Wielding İstanbul's clout, Kaftancıoğlu and the CHP take aim at 2023 elections
When it comes to success at the ballot box, Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once said: "Whoever wins İstanbul, wins Turkey.” Many see İstanbul as the foundation for Erdoğan's political rise and the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) success. Yet, in a June 2019 re-run election, Erdoğan’s party lost control of the city to the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and its allies. With the next elections on the horizon, the opposition party has been focusing on another İstanbul win, this time to propel its presidential campaign to unseat Erdoğan.