The People’s Alliance, comprising the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), triumphed in five of the six newly established towns that held local elections on June 7, while the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) secured victory in one.

Dealing a blow to the unbridled optimism of the main opposition, the AK Party and its ally MHP emerged victorious at Sunday’s by-elections across...

The People’s Alliance, comprising the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), triumphed in five of the six newly established towns…