FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 8, 2019. Cem Oksuz/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said electoral authorities should annul Istanbul's local elections due to irregularities, notably over the appointment of ballot box officials, the pro-government Sabah newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Initial results show the main opposition Republican People's Party narrowly won control of Turkey's biggest city in the mayoral elections, seemingly bringing an end to the 25-year rule there by Erdogan's AK Party and its Islamist predecessors.
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