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Mayor of Istanbul - Ekrem Imamoğlu
Have voters in Istanbul dealt President Erdogan a serious blow by electing the opposition to run the city?
Have voters in Istanbul dealt a serious blow to Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan? They’ve elected the opposition to the Mayor's office. A city of 16 million, it was the President's power base. Zeinab Badawi talks to the city’s new Mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
Image: Ekrem Imamoglu (Credit: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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