2 Apr 2019

Turkey's president suffers election blow

From Morning Report, 6:15 am on 2 April 2019

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a blow in local elections, with his party losing control of the capital Ankara. The opposition party CHP also declared victory in Istanbul, considered an even greater symbolic loss for Mr Erdogan. The election was widely seen as a referendum on Mr Erdogan's presidency. BBC reporter Mark Lowen is in Istanbul and speaks to Susie Ferguson.