mo4ch:>‘Incomprehensible’: German FM decries Istanbul election re-run in latest escalation with Ankara | Mo4ch News

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has condemned Turkey’s decision to re-run the contentious Istanbul mayoral election amid a long-running diplomatic dispute between the two countries.Turkey’s election commission ordered a do-over of the March 31 Istanbul mayoral election in a move which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described as the “best step” for the country. Istanbul is a key economic region in Turkey and accounts for a sizeable chunk of public spending.Also on rt.comTurkey’s election board begins evaluating Erdogan’s AK Party re-run appeal in Istanbul“We see this decision as the best step that will strengthen our will to solve problems within the framework of democracy and law,” Erdogan told his Justice and Development Party (AKP) members in parliament, following widespread allegations of “irregularities and corruption” in the voting process leveled against opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu.The main opposition party CHP has stated that it will not boycott the June 23 e…