5 takeaways from the Istanbul election rerun

For Istanbul, Sunday night marked the end of an era.
Ever since President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan kick-started his political rise by becoming the city's mayor in 1994, Istanbul was firmly in the hands of his conservative movement. When the city finally slipped from his grasp in March — with opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu winning the mayoral election — Erdoğan successfully lobbied for a rerun of the vote.
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