Turkish local elections deal blow to President Erdogan's party

Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party, won major victories in the mayorships of Istanbul and Ankara, dealing a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party.

Erdogan's party, known as AKP, had hoped to regain control of the cities less than a year after he claimed the presidency of the country for a third term.

With more than 90% of ballot boxes counted Monda