Repeat Istanbul mayor election




epa07669498 Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu (C) greets his supporters after the Istanbul mayor election re-run, in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 June 2019. According to unofficial results Ekrem Imamoglu won the election with 54 percent of the votes. The Turkish Electoral Commission ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul for 23 June 2019, after Turkish President Erdogan’s AK Party had alleged there was ‘corruption’ behind his party losing to a candidate of main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) in the 31 March 2019 polls. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

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