Turkish voters went to the polls on 31 March, casting votes for local elected leaders. The outcome in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey's two largest cities, have rocked Turkish politics, and galvanized the political opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). To discuss the election, Aaron speaks with Selim Koru, an analyst at TEPAV, a Turkish think tank in Ankara.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/turkey-erdogan-election-defeat.html

https://www.fpri.org/article/2018/11/the-resiliency-of-turkey-russia-relations/

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