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Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) celebrate following the early results of the local elections in Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 31, 2024. Turkey's main opposition party on Sunday claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara, with its rising political star emerging from local elections as a serious challenger to veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Partial results from across the nation of 85 million people showed major advances for the Republican People's Party (CHP) at the expense of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) that has dominated politics for more than two decades. (Photo by Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP) (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP via Getty Images)