The government’s defeat in Istanbul's mayoral election is nothing less than a historic watershed, for Erdogan lacks the means to remedy the factors behind this outcome, mainly the economic crisis bruising the country.
Washington Times
June 25, 2019
http://www.danielpipes.org/18916/istanbul-election-puzzle
By BENNY AVNI, Special to the Sun | June 25, 2019
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/erdogans-setback-could-yet-tilt-turkey-to-us/90744/