Politika umjerene reforme premijera Erdogana pretrpjela je udar jer su glasači na jugoistoku zemlje na lokalnim izborima zaobišli njegovu stranku, okrenuvši se radikalnijoj Partiji demokratskog društva.
Prime Minister Erdogan's policy of moderate reform suffered a setback as voters in the southeast shunned his party in local elections, turning to the more radical Democratic Society Party.