Daily Mail: President Erdogan's party LOSES mayoral race to secular opposition in Turkish capital as his party is dealt significant blow in local elections
* Erdogan's AKP party lost the key mayoral seat of Ankara after the local elections
* Despite losses in several Turkish cities Erdogan declared victory on Sunday
* The AKP also looks set to lose Istanbul to the Republican People's Party (CHP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lost the mayoral race in the capital Ankara to Turkey's secular opposition as the country staged pivotal local elections.
Erdogan declared victory in the elections on Sunday night but the opposition's success in Ankara and elsewhere dealt a significant blow to his party's dominance.
Votes are still being counted in Istanbul where the race for mayor is said to be 'too close to call'.
The candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey's largest city Istanbul is ahead in the vote count against the candidate of President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party (AKP), the head of the country's High Election Board said on Monday.
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