Narrow lead maintained by Turkey's opposition candidate

Turkey's main opposition candidate for the capital Ankara maintained his narrow lead in Sunday's local elections after more than three-quarters of ballot boxes were opened, broadcaster NTV said.

Mansur Yavas, mayoral candidate for the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) had 49.8 percent of votes, while Mehmet Ozhaseki of the ruling AK Party had 47.8 percent.