The main Turkish opposition party on Sunday claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara as the party built a solid lead in the count for control of Istanbul, according to partial results from local elections.
In Ankara, mayor Mansur Yavas of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) said “the elections are over we will continue to serve Ankara”.
Yavas was leading with 58.6 percent of the vote to 33.5 percent for his opponent from the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), from 46.4 percent of ballot boxes opened.
In Istanbul, with more than 71 percent of ballot boxes opened, current mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, also of the CHP, had 50.4 percent of the vote to his AKP rival’s 40.9 percent.
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