June 23, 2019
THE DISCIPLINE OF DEMOCRACY:
Turkey's opposition set to win rerun of Istanbul's mayoral vote (Tessa Fox, 6/23/19, Al Jazeera)
If only Donald were so gracious, Trump Says "Probably Not" Prepared to Lose in 2020, Doesn't Believe He Lost Popular Vote (DANIEL POLITI, JUNE 23, 2019, Slate)The ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) candidate in the controversial rerun of Istanbul's mayoral election has conceded defeat after initial results showed the opposition leading the vote.The state-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday that the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu was leading with 53.69 percent of the vote, compared with AK Party's Binali Yildirim's 45.4 percent, with more than 95 percent of ballots counted.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 23, 2019 1:49 PM