Turkey rejects the newly elected Kurdish mayor from Van in the country's east

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Municipal elections were held in Turkey on March 31, but the election results were contrary to expectations. The local elections that took place on Sunday represented a coup against Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party after they won the presidential and parliamentary elections last year. Lawyer and political analyst Sedat Yurtdaş provides his analysis.




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