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The local elections of March 31 and the victory of the opposition echoed in the world media as it was commented that the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a heavy blow.
The American newspaper New York Times writes that "in an environment where voters are angry about the economic situation, the opposition has won against President Erdogan's ruling party across Turkey in local elections."
According to the NYT, Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's victory has reinforced his status as "the star of the political opposition" and says "many Turks see İmamoğlu as a potential presidential candidate."
The newspaper also points out that the election came after a long life crisis, that the TL lost its value during the crisis and many people became poor.
Britain's Guardian newspaper, in its news headlined "Turkey's main opposition party wins landslide victory in election in which voters turn their backs on Erdogan", says the main opposition dealt a surprise blow to the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a victory clear in local elections.
"The Guardian" also writes that the election results have been seen as a symbol of discontent with Erdogan, who tried to rally his supporters to the polls in local elections immediately after winning last year's presidential election.
Yusuf Can of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, whose views were consulted by the paper, says: "These results will put İmamoğlu and the CHP at the center of Turkish politics."
"Financial Times" points out that the President has suffered one of the worst electoral blows since he came to power 20 years ago. The newspaper points out that the economy was among the problems that challenged Erdogan the most in the local elections.
It is also written that the AKP has suffered losses even in the central areas of the country where it is strong and that the voters are rebelling against the inflation that has been going on for years and has increased the prices of everything, from food to cars.
"Blow for Erdogan from the Turkish opposition"
The Belgian and Dutch media wrote about the developments after the announcement of the first results of the local elections.
Belgian Flemish public broadcaster VRT reported the news under the headline "Erdogan's party suffers heavy defeat in big cities".
VRT news said that "the CHP, which surprisingly managed to break the power of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's party 5 years ago" in Ankara and Istanbul, again declared victory in these cities and continued as follows:
"The first results of the local elections in Turkey show that the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is heading for a heavy defeat.
The opposition party CHP leads in the five largest cities. They have already declared victory in Istanbul and Ankara. Local elections are an important indicator of Erdogan's popularity," the report said.
In the VRT news, it was pointed out that the AKP was heading for a heavy defeat in Bursa, Antalya and Izmir, and it was noted that Erdogan admitted in his speech that the results were not what he expected.
"A national destiny is taking shape".
French public broadcaster RTBF also commented that the social democratic opposition CHP continued to widen the gap in Istanbul and Ankara.
RTB noted that the local elections were a test for President Erdogan's administration.
The French-language newspaper Le Soir reported in its headline headline "Local elections in Turkey: Erdogan loses bid."
"In the local elections held on Sunday, the Turkish president failed to win back Ankara and Istanbul, which went into opposition in 2019.
Unofficial results show that candidates for power in Turkey's two largest cities have lost. In Istanbul, a national destiny is taking shape for Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who emerged victorious in the election ," writes Gazeta.
The Flemish newspaper Nieuwsblad writes that President Erdoğan said that: " The conservative Islamic ruling party AKP has suffered a significant loss of votes across the country."
The newspaper De Morgen announced the developments related to the local elections with the title "Erdogan described the loss of votes in the local elections in Turkey as a 'turning point' for his party".
"Erdogan admitted the defeat of his party on Sunday evening after the local elections" and stressed that "the conservative Islamic AKP suffered a serious loss of votes across the country", the newspaper writes.
Dutch public broadcaster NOS announced the election results as the first news.
The news headlined "Opposition succeeds in preventing Erdogan's party from winning again in Istanbul" continued as follows:
"Turkish President Erdogan's party suffered another defeat in Istanbul. With more than 95 percent of the votes counted, opposition politician Ekrem İmamoğlu.
He is on track to be re-elected as mayor of Turkey's largest city by a margin of more than a million votes. The opposition seems to be winning in other big cities as well."
The private channel RTL news, in its news titled "Opposition candidates win local elections: Blow for Erdogan", pointed out that leftist opposition candidates achieved great success in local elections, which are of great importance for the future of the opposition.
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