Ekrem İmamoğlu
Erdoğan slams Istanbul mayor İmamoglu over vacationing during flash flooding
Turkey
August 25, 2019
Erdoğan slams Istanbul mayor İmamoglu over vacationing during flash flooding
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday blasted the opposition mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, over what he called a…
Istanbul mayor sues ruling party MP over identity theft case
Turkey
August 12, 2019
Istanbul mayor sues ruling party MP over identity theft case
Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is suing a member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who publicly…
Imamoğlu announces sea festival for Istanbul in 2020
Turkey
August 4, 2019
Imamoğlu announces sea festival for Istanbul in 2020
Istanbul’s newly elected opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has announced a sea festival for Turkey’s coastal megacity in 2020, independent news…
New İstanbul mayor appoints municipality’s first female deputy secretary-general
Turkey
July 18, 2019
New İstanbul mayor appoints municipality’s first female deputy secretary-general
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the newly elected mayor of İstanbul, has appointed Yeşim Meltem Şişli as deputy secretary-general, marking the first time…
İstanbul city council slashes new mayor’s borrowing limit
Turkey
July 14, 2019
İstanbul city council slashes new mayor’s borrowing limit
İstanbul’s city council has downscaled a borrowing request made by newly elected Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Sözcü newspaper reported on…
İmamoğlu says municipal vehicles exchanged for cheaper models before he took office
Turkey
July 10, 2019
İmamoğlu says municipal vehicles exchanged for cheaper models before he took office
Newly elected mayor of İstanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu has said some vehicles at the municipality were exchanged for cheaper models before…
New İstanbul mayor says municipality’s financial situation is ‘hair raising’
Turkey
July 9, 2019
New İstanbul mayor says municipality’s financial situation is ‘hair raising’
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected the new mayor of İstanbul in a repeat election on June 23, has said the…
Former intelligence chief Uzun, arrested on terrorism, insult charges, released pending trial
Turkey
July 9, 2019
Former intelligence chief Uzun, arrested on terrorism, insult charges, released pending trial
Sabri Uzun, the former head of the National Security Directorate’s intelligence department in Ankara who was arrested in April on…
Only one-third of MHP voters declared support for ally AKP candidate in pre-election survey
Turkey
July 4, 2019
Only one-third of MHP voters declared support for ally AKP candidate in pre-election survey
According to an analysis of an İstanbul mayoral election opinion poll conducted in mid-June by the Konda polling company, only…
New İstanbul mayor attracts crowds as he takes city tram to work
Turkey
July 2, 2019
New İstanbul mayor attracts crowds as he takes city tram to work
In a move unusual for a mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the newly elected mayor of Turkey’s most populous city,…