Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said his party will win İstanbul, recently taken by the opposition candidate, if a new election is held in the city, the pro-government Türkiye daily reported on Thursday.
Turkey held local elections on March 31, in which Erdoğan’s party lost the country’s three biggest cities, İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir.
“I see the same thing in İstanbul today. If a new election is held, I believe a hundred percent that we will win,” Erdoğan reportedly tells his party officials.