Turkey's opposition stuns Erdogan with historic win in local elections
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Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor’s chief correspondent covering major stories on the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the results from Sunday’s municipal elections in Turkey, what this historic defeat means for Erdogan, and look at whether the opposition’s resurgence can now reshape Turkey’s national politics.
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