His speech was motivational for his followers. I thought official results would soon be declared. But it seems they will declare the loss in Istanbul- and in some other contested cities- easily…
Erdogan Appears to Suffer Major Defeats in Turkey’s Two Biggest Cities
Turkey: For the first time since 1993, the centre-left wins the mayoral position in the capital #Ankara. President #Erdogan suffers huge electoral defeat by losing the capital to the opposition. Counting underway, trending goes to centre-left CHP. #Secim2019 #TurkeyElections2019 pic.twitter.com/vp3uJ5GkWr
— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) March 31, 2019
Erdogan’s party faces defeat in Turkey’s two most important cities: Ankara and Istanbul, his home town, in an unexpected sign of his weaknesshttps://t.co/1RBMyUSLuQ
— Alfons López Tena 🦇 (@alfonslopeztena) April 1, 2019
Seriously…. You had 95% of the media in your hands, opposition closed down or arrested. You used all state resources to have campaign events 4-8 times a day….. And yes you periscoped a youth meeting eating doner kebab…. https://t.co/SO4zJ6HrnK
— Peter Nut (@nipped) March 31, 2019
Another city where the results were stopped just as some CHP-heavy neighbourhoods' results were going to come through was Bursa, once seen as an AKP stronghold. https://t.co/BAR8L6T02Z
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) March 31, 2019
People trying to rationalise AKP gains in municipalities where they inserted unelected trustees and had military curfews/killed or expelled the original population, please don't.
If none of your arguments include obvious fraud, I don't know what to say.
— Ariz Kader (@KaderAriz) March 31, 2019
While the opposition candidates – I listened to Kılıçdaroğlu, Yavaş and Akşener – all emphasised that any success was not a victory over anyone, they also all said that the election had been an exceptionally dirty one.
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) March 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/UOzkirimli/status/1112469141854867459
A gentle reminder that the High Election Commission (YSK) has, erm, undergone some reforms over the past few years. Its decisions are final. Not even the Supreme Court can overturn them.https://t.co/o7D8Mk5bD5 pic.twitter.com/mx4qo1fYQT
— Howard Eissenstat (@heissenstat) March 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/wellsla/status/1112467740563030022
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