Izmir mayor joins Erdogan party in blow to Turkish opposition

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Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay joined President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP, ending more than two decades of opposition control in Turkey’s third-largest city. The move deepens pressure on Turkey’s fractured opposition as legal cases and defections weaken municipalities held by rival parties.

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