In a setback to Turkey's Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election
In a setback to Turkey's Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election
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opposition did not gain anything, people who support Erdogan did not vote to protest
The opposition gained control of a shit ton of critical territory. Last term for example, the mayor of Istanbul was opposition but the city parliament was not. This time it's both opposition. A lot of large municipalities that used to belong to akp have now switched as well. That's quite a lot of resources taken away from Erdoğan, which is a definite gain for the opposition no matter how you choose to look at it.
Total number of votes the opposition got almost the same. They win because AKP voters did not vote. Total number of voters were all time low by ~64%
The fact that akp's historically very loyal base decided not to vote is in itself a huge gain though. That means that their trust and loyalty is going away, that means akp's grip over the nation is seriously wavering. And now the opposition is stronger than they've been for 2 decades, and they have a few years until the next election to use their newly increased power and influence to further chip away at that trust and loyalty.
Sorry, never gonna happen
Ok