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Inside Europe: Istanbul to rerun contested municipal vote

Dorian Jones | Keith Walker
May 9, 2019

Turkey has scraped the results of Istanbul's mayoral election after the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleged "serious corruption" in the count. Germany's foreign minister slammed the move as not transparent and incomprehensible. Keith Walker speaks with DW's Turkey correspondent Dorian Jones who begins by explaining how important Istanbul is for the Turkish president.

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