ANKARA – Turks voted on March 31 in local elections which President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for Turkey and which were tarnished by violence that left two party members dead in the country’s southeast.
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Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ankara mayoral candidate Mehmet Ozhaseki (C) casts his ballot at a polling station during the local elections in Ankara, on March 31, 2019.