Ruling AKP of Turkey loses again
AKP of Turkey has lost its control over Istanbul, after the retake of the Mayoral elections.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate of the major opposition party has a leading vote of 775,000, after the counting of almost all the ballots. This is a huge increased margin on compared to the the earlier election.
After the AKP of Turkey alleged irregularities, the victory in March was declined. Ex-PM Binali Yildirim, AKP candidate has conceded. The winner has been congratulated by President Recep Tayyip.
In his Twitter, he said, “I congratulate Ekrem Imamoglu who has won the election based on preliminary results”.
To his supporters, Imamoglu said, “In this city today, you have fixed democracy. Thank you Istanbul.” “We will build democracy in this city, we will build justice. In this beautiful city, I promise, we will build the future”, he added.
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