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In Turkey, opposition candidate and secular liberal rising star Ekrem Imamolu defeated Erdoan's ruling party in the rerun of the Istanbul mayoral election. This is hugely significant because:

1) Erdoan's right wing, religious party has ruled Istanbul for 25 years.
2) The first election in March had Imamolu ahead by only 13,000 votes (0.2%). This time he won by 800,000 (9.4%).
3) The opposition now controls the five biggest cities which account for 70% of Turkey's economy.
4) A lot of former Erdoan supporters flipped.
5) A famous saying is "Who wins Istanbul wins Turkey".
6) In addition to improving the city, Imamolu is also exposing and stopping a lot of the corruption Erdoan enabled.

So this is seen as potentially the beginning of the end for Erdoan, and democracy is definitely alive in Turkey.
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