President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top rival in Turkey's 2018 election said on Monday he would quit the main opposition party and establish his own movement. Muharrem Ince, a former Republican People's Party (CHP) MP, picked up 30.

Erdogan's main election rival to launch party

Turkey's opposition has dealt President Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of Istanbul in a re-run mayoral election, breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering a message from voters unhappy over his policies.

Turkey's opposition strikes blow to Erdogan with Istanbul mayoral win

The changes approved in the vote give him more power than any leader since Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Erdogan wins Turkey referendum, opposition cries foul