Ekrem İmamoğlu
İstanbul Municipality awarded tenders worth $1.7 bln to 5 contractors in AKP era
Turkey
October 23, 2021
İstanbul Municipality awarded tenders worth $1.7 bln to 5 contractors in AKP era
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality awarded tenders worth TL 17 billion ($1.7 billion) to five construction companies in the span of…
Opposition mayors ready to breathe new life into THK’s firefighting aircraft
Turkey
August 5, 2021
Opposition mayors ready to breathe new life into THK’s firefighting aircraft
Eleven mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have said in a joint statement that they are ready…
İstanbul mayor reveals sewage pumped into Marmara Sea before his time in office
Turkey
June 11, 2021
İstanbul mayor reveals sewage pumped into Marmara Sea before his time in office
Amid a “sea snot” outbreak in the Sea of Marmara, İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has announced that he learned after…
Coalition for Women in Journalism condemns anti-Semitic attacks against Turkish journalist Karel Valansi
Turkey
May 22, 2021
Coalition for Women in Journalism condemns anti-Semitic attacks against Turkish journalist Karel Valansi
The Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) in a statement on Wednesday condemned anti-Semitic attacks by Turkey’s pro-government media outlets…
Kanal İstanbul will impose $100 bln tax burden on Turkish citizens: İmamoğlu
Turkey
August 16, 2020
Kanal İstanbul will impose $100 bln tax burden on Turkish citizens: İmamoğlu
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Kanal İstanbul project, an artificial sea-level waterway bisecting the European side of İstanbul to connect the…
Transportation authority rejects İstanbul mayor’s plan to issue new taxicab licenses
Turkey
June 25, 2020
Transportation authority rejects İstanbul mayor’s plan to issue new taxicab licenses
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s plan to issue 6,000 new taxicab licenses and accompanying plates has been rejected by the city’s…
Bellini’s Sultan Mehmed painting acquired by İstanbul Municipality: mayor
Turkey
June 25, 2020
Bellini’s Sultan Mehmed painting acquired by İstanbul Municipality: mayor
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has acquired a 15th century painting of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, the Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople…
Coronavirus outbreak has cost İstanbul some $730 million, mayor says: report
World
June 24, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak has cost İstanbul some $730 million, mayor says: report
The coronavirus outbreak has cost Turkey’s largest city, İstanbul, more than 5 billion Turkish lira ($730 million), according to Mayor…
State-run bank blocked $135,000 in donations for coronavirus relief: İmamoğlu
Turkey
April 2, 2020
State-run bank blocked $135,000 in donations for coronavirus relief: İmamoğlu
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Thursday revealed that state-run Vakıfbank has blocked TL 900,000 ($135,000) that his municipality had raised…
Curfew on the elderly might be extended to everyone, İstanbul mayor says
Turkey
March 24, 2020
Curfew on the elderly might be extended to everyone, İstanbul mayor says
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu said Turkey’s curfew on the elderly could be extended to the rest of the population amid…