ISTANBUL/ANKARA—Election officials expanded a vote recount in Istanbul late on April 4, CNN Turk said, as the ruling party of President Tayyip Erdogan pushed its appeal against its shock defeat there in local elections.
Erdogan’s AK Party said it would also demand a wider check on votes across the capital Ankara—which initial results suggested it also narrowly lost in March 31 vote in a major blow to the establishment.
