His would-be majesty’s journalists!

You will not hear about this in Turkey’s oppositional press. Ekrem İmamoğlu, current Istanbul mayor and a strong candidate for the next presidential election,

traveled to Rome with a group of 73 people for the signing ceremony of the 2027 European Olympic Games to be held in Istanbul. The delegation stayed at the five-star Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel & Spa, 2 kilometers from Rome city center, according to Mustafa Ali Aykol of Patronlar Dünyası. THY Boeing 737 aircraft was chartered for the trip. via

The delegation consisted many senior journalists who had fallen out of grace during the Erdoğan’s rule. They had frequently criticized journalists who were in Erdoğan’s trip. They seemed to have done the same now (!)