Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a major political blow as his party has lost local elections in Ankara.
The ruling AK party also underperformed in Istanbul as well.
Kevin Ozebek has more from Brussels:
Erdogan suffers major election setback in Turkish capital
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