AKP Spokesman: Istanbul loss not a vote against Erdogan
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June 24, 2019
Voters in Istanbul - Turkey's largest city - have dealt an unprecedented blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party, delivering victory to the secular opposition in a repeat vote for mayor. Speaking to The Day's Brent Goff, AK Party spokesman Harun Armagan denied the result signaled wider dissatisfaction with Erdogan.