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| The Grand Turk |
| New Istanbul mayor rallies supporters for 'new beginning' |
| 2019-04-22 |
| [PULSE.NG] Ekrem Imamoglu, 49, of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), narrowly edged out his rival to capture Istanbul mayor's office in a stinging setback to Erdogan's ruling AKP after a decade and a half in power. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is still seeking a rerun of the March 31 Istanbul ballot, but electoral authorities last week handed Imamoglu his mandate after he won a slim 13,000-vote lead over AKP's Binali Yildirim. Waving ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... 's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, thousands of Imamoglu supporters packed the vast Maltepe shoreside area on the Asian side of Istanbul for the rally. Imamoglu, a soft-spoken former district mayor who struck a conciliatory tone throughout the heated race, has vowed to serve all citizens of the 16-million strong city, regardless of their political inclinations. "I will work, produce solutions and achieve results. This is my promise to each and every one of the 16 million Istanbul people," he told the rally. "Nobody will be discriminated against." Imamoglu vowed an "accountable and transparent municipality," saying: "We will not waste a single penny." Imamoglu, who will govern the city for the next five years, said the Maltepe rally was not a political gathering, but a way to introduce the city's new administration to the people of Istanbul. "He is a man who can easily talk with people and never turns his back on them. He is a man of the people," said Refika, a 70-year-old woman who joined the rally. |
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| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Dingle1729 2019-04-22 18:25 |
| #1 I wish him luck |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2019-04-22 17:09 |