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2014 Turkish local elections

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Turkish voters ready for local elections

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Turkey: local elections seen as test of Prime Minister Erdogan's popularity

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Turkish AKP faces key test in local elections

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Turkey: Popularity test for embattled Erdogan in local elections

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Turkey: Erdogan claims victory in local elections

Local elections were held in Turkey on 30 March 2014, with some repeated on 1 June 2014. Metropolitan and district mayors as well as their municipal council members in cities, and muhtars and "elderly councils" in rural areas were elected. In light of the controversy around the elections, it was viewed as a referendum on the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. About 50 million people were eligible to vote.