In his first public appearance since a crushing defeat in a rerun election for mayor of Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to draw lessons in line with "the messages given by the people."

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Turkey's main opposition party is appealing to Turkey's top electoral body for an annulment of local election results in Istanbul's 39 districts after the authority annulled its victory in the mayoral race for the city, and ordered a new vote

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is insisting that rerunning the Istanbul mayoral vote won by the opposition will only strengthen democracy

Turkey's top election authority voided the mayoral election won by an opposition candidate in Istanbul and ordered a do-over, ruling in favor of the president's party to throw out the vote it narrowly lost

AP NewsBreak: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman says the voiding of the mayoral election in Istanbul amounts to "a victory for Turkish democracy"