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Ekrem İmamoğlu

  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    Interview
    Victorious Istanbul mayor tells Erdoğan to heed voter ‘message’

    Ekrem İmamoğlu’s re-election has invigorated the opposition to Turkey’s president

    Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in his office
  • Saturday, 6 April, 2024
    Person in the News
    Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Istanbul mayor facing down Erdoğan

    His victory in local elections comes at a pivotal moment for Turkey’s opposition

  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    Turkish elections
    Turkey’s opposition wins big cities in blow to Erdoğan

    President’s ruling party suffers severe setback in local elections as economic issues shift voter support

    Supporters of Istanbul’s incumbent mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu celebrate
  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    Turkish elections
    The mis-steps behind Erdoğan’s electoral defeat

    Turkey’s strongman leader misjudged voter anger over economy and threat from opposition in local polls

    A montage of a Supporter of Ekrem Imamoglu, left, and Imamoglu and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Saturday, 30 March, 2024
    Turkish politics
    Battle for Istanbul puts Erdoğan’s power to the test

    Race for mayor pits president’s candidate against Turkey’s most important opposition figure

    Ekrem İmamoğlu, left,  Murat Kurum; Istanbul skyline
  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Turkish politics
    Istanbul mayor announces re-election bid in challenge to Erdoğan

    Ekrem İmamoğlu seeks to win race seen as crucial signal of opposition’s ability to counter Turkish president

    Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Interview
    Latest criminal case against Istanbul mayor is ‘baseless’, lawyer says

    Erdoğan administration accused of misusing law to discredit popular opposition politician

    Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    InterviewTurkish politics
    Political ban is ‘axe to democracy’, says Turkish opposition leader

    Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu predicts voters will punish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party at the polls

    Ekrem İmamoğlu speaks at a rally
  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Istanbul mayor sentenced to jail and barred from politics over ‘idiots’ insult

    Verdict threatens Ekrem İmamoğlu’s potential challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in next year’s election

    Ekrem Imamoğlu after being elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019
  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Istanbul mayor urges Turkish business community to show ‘courage’ towards Erdoğan

    Ekrem İmamoğlu says company leaders are ‘culpable’ for Turkey’s economic crisis

    Ekrem İmamoğlu celebrates after being elected mayor of Istanbul
  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Defeating Erdoğan: Turkey’s opposition searches for a champion

    A loose alliance of rivals is in danger of squandering its best chance to oust the president as it delays its choice of candidate

    FT montage of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Mansur Yavaş against a backdrop of the Turkish flag and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Istanbul mayor looks to global markets to fund investment

    Lack of support from state banks spurred municipality into selling its first eurobond

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Turkish opposition mayors outshine Erdogan with ‘kindness’ campaigns

    Leaders in Istanbul and Ankara win plaudits for their efforts to relieve Covid-19 hardship

    Opposition party mayors Mansur Yavas of Ankara, left, and Ekrem Imamoglu of Istanbul, right, in April
  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Turkish politics
    Turkey senses growing national challenge to Erdogan

    Opposition triumph in rerun Istanbul vote has broad consequences for president

    Istanbul citizens celebrate after the Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate won Istanbul's mayoral re-run elections, at Besiktas on June 23, 2019. - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruling AKP party mayoral candidate suffered a bruising defeat as the opposition CHP candidate in Istanbul's controversial mayoral election re-run romped to victory. (Photo by GURCAN OZTURK / AFP)GURCAN OZTURK/AFP/Getty Images
  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Turkish politics2 min
    Erdogan weakened by Istanbul re-run poll defeat

    Turkish president sees opposition massively increase majority in mayoral election

  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    Turkish politics
    Turkey’s opposition wins rerun of Istanbul election 

    Second defeat a crushing blow for Erdogan as Imamoglu massively increases majority 

    Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), celebrate at their election coordination centre in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
  • Monday, 24 June, 2019
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Erdogan’s defeat in Istanbul shows opposition’s changing tactics

    President began his ascent in same contest that has now launched Ekrem Imamoglu

    ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 23: Istanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu of the Republican Peoples Party (CHP) celebrates his win during his victory rally after Binali Yildirim of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) conceded his defeat in the rerun local mayoral elections for Istanbul on June 23, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish election authorities sent voters back to the polls after invalidating the result of the mayoral election held in March, in which Ekrem Imamoglu of the opposition CHP party won a narrow victory. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2019
    Instant InsightDavid Gardner
    Istanbul loss marks tectonic shift for Turkey  

    Decisive victory for Imamoglu in mayoral poll proves Erdogan can be defeated

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by SEDAT SUNA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10319642du) Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu speaks after the Istanbul mayoral elections 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. Istanbul mayoral elections re-run, Turkey - 23 Jun 2019
  • Monday, 6 May, 2019
    Turkish politics
    Turkish election board’s order to rerun Istanbul race sparks protests

    Authorities cancel results of March mayoral poll won by the opposition

    Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition party candidate who won the March election, protest in Istanbul on Monday evening
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2019
    Turkish politics
    Turkish opposition candidate confirmed as Istanbul winner

    Imamoglu takes control of largest city as ruling party keeps up challenge to result

    ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 17: Newly elected Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses his supporters in front of Istanbul Municipality after taking the office on April 17, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. Imamoglu was invited by the provincial electoral board after the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) appeal over voting irregularities was denied by the Supreme Election Council. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)
  • Sunday, 7 April, 2019
    Turkish politics
    Erdogan’s party demands full recount of Istanbul mayoral vote

    Opposition candidate warns ‘enough is enough’ and urges AKP to accept defeat

    Turkey's main opposition party CHP candidate Ekrem Imamoglu, who claimed victory as Istanbul mayor, waves in Istanbul on April 4, 2019. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2019
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Imamoglu’s battle to lead Istanbul energises Turkey’s opposition

    Mayoral contender has shown that ruling elite can be challenged in country’s biggest city

    Cheering supporters try to touch Ekrem Imamoglu, the main Turkish opposition's candidate for Istanbul, after he visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the secular republic's founder, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is appealing the results of the local elections in Istanbul, where the opposition has a razor-thin lead.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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