Turkey’s opposition won a stunning victory across several major cities in the country’s local elections Sunday, dealing a severe blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party and handing it its largest defeat in more than two decades.

In a speech Sunday night, Erdogan admitted his party had “lost altitude” and would work to rectify its errors.

The sweeping opposition win in municipal elections across major Turkish cities like Istanbul, Izmir and the capital Ankara could set the country in a new direction.

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