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A political earthquake in Istanbul

"Whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey", said President Erdogan. On Sunday, June 23, President Erdogan's chosen candidate was defeated - again - in a rerun of Istanbul's mayoral election by Ekrem Imamoglu who won by a landslide. Aykan Erdemir, former member of Turkish Parliament and Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins The Greek Current to discuss the seismic Istanbul result and what Ekrem Imamoglu's crushing victory means for Erdogan's future.

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