Politicsİzmir centre-left mayor joins Erdoğan’s AK Party, shocking Turkish opposition

İzmir mayor Cemil Tugay has joined Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AK Party. Tugay won the country’s third-largest city for the CHP in 2024 by 314,000 votes, and received his new party badge from Erdoğan in Ankara on Wednesday, ending 27 years of centre-left rule there.

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