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Erdogan Turns to Kurds to Win Istanbul Election

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - In what is being seen as a last-minute bid to win Sunday's
   Istanbul mayoral election, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is
   looking to an imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader in an effort to deny the
   opposition key Kurdish votes.

   Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, in a
   handwritten letter, called on Kurds to remain "neutral" in Sunday's
   vote.

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