Traffic gridlock as Turks rush back to Istanbul to vote in high-stakes poll
ISTANBUL, June 23 (Reuters) - A re-run of Istanbul's high-stakes mayoral election has kept Turkish airports, bus stations and main highways jam-packed over the weekend, as voters rush back to the city from vacation or their original home towns to cast their ballot. Some 10.5 million people were eligible to vote in Sunday's election, which has become a referendum on President Tayyip Erdogan's policies and a test of Turkey's ailing democracy. "We all made great efforts to bring in those from outside Istanbul (to vote)," Erdogan told reporters ...
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