President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's ruling party had succeeded in local elections held last month.
“Every election is an exam, struggle and an opportunity for assessment. We substantially succeeded in the March 31 local elections,” said Erdogan, addressing a gathering of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in capital Ankara.
He noted that the AK Party got 44.4% of the votes which is the second highest rate of their party in terms of local elections to date.