June 23 (UPI) -- The opposition candidate in the rerun of the mayoral race for Turkey's largest city claimed victory on Sunday, dealing a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party.
Republican People's Party Candidate Ekrem Imamoglu received 54 percent of the votes in Istanbul's rerun mayoral election, besting Binali Yildirim of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, who held 45 percent of the vote with most ballots counted.