Ekrem Imamoglu

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan

New Istanbul mayor’s star power could be a challenge for Erdoğan

Global Politics

Ekrem İmamoğlu of the Republican People’s Party won a decisive victory on Sunday, his second in three months after authorities annulled an earlier vote. His first task is to take the reins from Erdoğan’s AK Party which, along with its Islamist predecessor parties, has run the city for 25 years.

Hundres of people are shown with their hands in the air holding lighters and Turkey flags with a white sign in the middle with a portrait of Ekrem İmamoğlu on it.

Turkey’s opposition strikes blow to Erdoğan with Istanbul mayoral win

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