Polls close in Turkey for municipal elections

A woman casts her vote during local elections at Beylikduzu Emin Yukseloglu High School. Tolga Ildun/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
A woman casts her vote during local elections at Beylikduzu Emin Yukseloglu High School. Tolga Ildun/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Polling stations closed across Turkey on Sunday for municipal elections, election board chair Ahmet Yener tells reporters in Ankara.

The poll in the largest city Istanbul and other industrial hubs, will test President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's popularity amid a cost-of-living crisis and 10 months after he extended his post with a third term.

Roughly 61 million people were eligible to vote, including around 1 million first-time voters.