Istanbul votes in mayoral re-run, in test for Turkish democracy, Erdogan
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Millions of Istanbul residents began voting on Sunday in a re-run of a mayoral election that has become a referendum on President Tayyip Erdogan’s policies and a test of Turkey’s ailing democracy.