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Partying hard in #İstanbul: “Blow to Turkey’s Erdogan as opposition wins big in Istanbul
İstanbulites on the Streets to Celebrate Ekrem İmamoğlu’s Election Win
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Ekrem İmamoğlu: who is Istanbul election winner and how did he do it?

Tens of thousands of people celebrated on the streets of Istanbul as main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu claimed a decisive victory in the city’s re-run election. Imamoglu’s win dealt one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power and promises a new beginning in the country’s largest city. The election was Istanbul’s second in three months after results of an initial March vote were scrapped. Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), was leading with 54% of votes versus 45% for Erdogan’s AK Party (AKP) candidate, with more than 99% of ballots opened
Blow to Turkey’s Erdogan as opposition wins big in Istanbul
Bu akşamki Beylikdüzü, bana Gezi'deki bu unutulmaz akşamı anımsattı. 6 yıl öncesinin hissi var şu an. Ve bu daha başlangıç, mücadeleye devam, güzel günler göreceğiz ✌🏻🙏🏻❤ pic.twitter.com/H5x13CQ1Y0
— Nihan Bora Sapmaz (@nihanbora) June 23, 2019
Seçim kazanınca nasıl sevineceğini unutmuş insanlar! Şu hale bak pic.twitter.com/U78MHtFSeu
— Ötekilerin Fotoğrafçısı (@rehavimehmet) June 23, 2019
Islamist mayors render Istanbul uninhabitable in 25 years – Birgün
A political gamble by Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan backfired spectacularly on Sunday as the opposition won a resounding victory in the repeat of an Istanbul mayoral election according to early results. Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition
It’s official from Turkey
The election re-run results in Istanbul. The elections in which opposition won by 0.2% were cancelled. This time, the opposition won by almost 10% margin, making Erdogan suffer a greater loss (İmamoğlu 54,33% v. Yıldırım 44,78%) from europe
one of the most beautiful picture i’ve ever seen. from Turkey
Turkish people celebrating the defeat of AKP in Istanbul from europe
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„Right, law and justice“ – at the victory speech of Ekrem Imamoglu, Mayor of Istanbul from Turkey
People in Besiktas celebrating after CHP victory. from Turkey
On June 23, Istanbul will hold new mayoral elections. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost the original election on March 31, appealed to overturn the results on a technicality, and won. The ruling was only the latest and most
Ruling party in Turkey set to lose city of Istanbul after re-run mayoral election in big blow for President Erdogan This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest
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