Ekrem İmamoğlu
Municipal energy company’s staff tasked with campaigning for AKP candidate, opposition deputy says
Turkey
June 7, 2019
Municipal energy company’s staff tasked with campaigning for AKP candidate, opposition deputy says
Mahmut Tanal, deputy for İstanbul from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that a natural gas company…
Flyers claiming exorbitant municipal spending considered ‘insult to president’
Turkey
June 6, 2019
Flyers claiming exorbitant municipal spending considered ‘insult to president’
Turkish police intervened in a political gathering in İstanbul on Sunday and confiscated flyers about allegedly extravagant spending in the…
HDP aims to persuade 200,000 Kurdish voters to support opposition’s İmamoğlu
Turkey
June 2, 2019
HDP aims to persuade 200,000 Kurdish voters to support opposition’s İmamoğlu
Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan has said their election campaign will aim to convince some 200,000 Kurds…
İstanbul municipal employee fired for donating to İmamoğlu’s campaign
Turkey
June 2, 2019
İstanbul municipal employee fired for donating to İmamoğlu’s campaign
Nuri Başkapan, who worked for the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, has been fired from his job of five years for donating…
Main opposition party’s campaign booth attacked in İstanbul
Turkey
June 2, 2019
Main opposition party’s campaign booth attacked in İstanbul
An unknown group of people attacked a campaign booth manned by the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) in İstanbul’s…
March 31 elections stolen by ‘unknown’ thieves, Turkish pro-govt media says
Turkey
May 26, 2019
March 31 elections stolen by ‘unknown’ thieves, Turkish pro-govt media says
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), predictably, has got its way in Istanbul, where the country’s Supreme Electoral Board…
CHP says non-public officials will be on duty again for June 23 İstanbul election
Turkey
May 25, 2019
CHP says non-public officials will be on duty again for June 23 İstanbul election
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed an objection with the Supreme Election Board (YSK), claiming that non-civil…
Erdoğan: We will not leave the job to ‘thieves’ in June 23 İstanbul vote
Turkey
May 25, 2019
Erdoğan: We will not leave the job to ‘thieves’ in June 23 İstanbul vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do its best not to…
Turkey’s Islamist opposition will not withdraw candidate in İstanbul mayoral race
Turkey
May 14, 2019
Turkey’s Islamist opposition will not withdraw candidate in İstanbul mayoral race
The candidate for mayor of İstanbul from Turkey’s Islamist opposition party will not withdraw his bid from a re-run of…
First poll after YSK decision indicates opposition’s İmamoğlu leads by 2 pct in İstanbul
Turkey
May 10, 2019
First poll after YSK decision indicates opposition’s İmamoğlu leads by 2 pct in İstanbul
A Turkish polling firm on Thursday announced that opposition alliance İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu is leading the polls by…