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Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home
8 years agoTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R- bottom) meets people as he leaves a polling station during local elections in Istanbul on March 31, 2019. - Turkish voters go to the polls on March 31 for 30 major cities, 51 provincial municipalities and district councils. The vote will be a barometer on how well the AKP is faring after building its ballot box success on Turkey's growth. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Turkey voted in local elections on Sunday in a test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his ruling party risking defeat in the capital as an economic slowdown takes hold...