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  "id": 12600154,
  "title": "Mayor of Turkey's secular stronghold Izmir joins Erdogan's party",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/mayor-of-turkeys-secular-stronghold-izmir-joins-erdogans-party",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:46:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/mayor-turkeys-secular-stronghold-izmir-joins-erdogans-party"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ANKARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The mayor of Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) on Wednesday, giving it the mayoralty of a city it has never won at the ballot box. Cemil Tugay, elected mayor in 2024 as a candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) before quitting in June, formally joined the AKP at a…",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Mayor of opposition stronghold Izmir defects to Erdogan party",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/mayor-of-opposition-stronghold-izmir-defects-to-erdogan-party",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:07:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Mayor of Turkish opposition stronghold defects to Erdogan’s party",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/mayor-of-turkish-opposition-stronghold-defects-to-erdogans-party",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:45:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}