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Turkish opposition backs voters to reject government 'coercion'

By Huseyin Hayatsever IZMIR, Turkey, Oct 30 (Reuters) - When Turkey's opposition made big gains in local elections in March 2024, its leaders believed they had finally found a way to defeat long-serving President Tayyip Erdogan. More than two years later, the opposition's leading presidential challenger is in prison, its main party has been split by a court ruling and some of the opposition figures who were elected as mayors have defected to Erdogan's AK Party.