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Turkey opposition deals blow to Erdogan in Istanbul win

Crowds celebrated late into the night after Ekrem Imamoglu's win in the re-run mayoral vote. [Photo: AFP]

Turkey's opposition reveled Monday in a landslide win in Istanbul's re-run mayoral vote -- a blow for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that even some pro-government media called a victory for democracy.

Ekrem Imamoglu, a little-known district mayor at the start of the year, won the election by more than 777,000 votes, up from just 13,000 in the first election in March, which was annulled over controversial claims of fraud.

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