The main opposition mayoral candidate for capital Ankara said Sunday that justice had been served.
“We will embrace this city [Ankara] without further discrimination,” Mansur Yavas said after Sunday's polls.
“The winner will be the residents of Ankara. The winner is our democracy and all the other political parties," he said.
Yavas of the Republican People's Party (CHP) is ahead with 50.62 percent of votes, according to unofficial results.
Millions of Turkish voters cast their votes in the local elections to choose Turkey’s mayors, city council members, mukhtars (neighborhood officials), and members of elder councils for the next five years.
Reporting by Mehmet Tosun, Omer Olcay and Baris Gundogan
Writing by Erdogan Cagatay Zontur
Anadolu Agency
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