A major defeat for Turkey's ruling party, in Istanbul's re-run of its mayoral election.

It took a quarter of a century, But Turkey's opposition finally worked out how to defeat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Republican People's Party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu has snatched election victory for the second time, and is mayor-elect for Istanbul.

A city that's long been governed by Erdogan's AK party - the president considers it decisive in shaping Turkish politics.

And its kind of personal for him too. It's Erdogan's political base, from where he began his career as a mayor. Imamoglu is now seen by many as Erdogan's rising challenger.

He struck a positive message during his campaign with the slogan 'Everything will be fine'.

But is that really true?

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