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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Ekrem Imamoglu

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main center-left opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) receives official mandate to serve five more years in Istanbul on April 3, 2024. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)
April 29, 2024, 4:01 am
Top Erdogan rival: October 7 ‘deeply saddening,’ Hamas a ‘terrorist organization’
Reelected Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, widely seen as challenger for Turkey’s presidency, also tells CNN ‘brutal oppression’ of Palestinians in Israel must end
By ToI Staff
Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting to address the parliamentary group of his party at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on January 4, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
January 5, 2023, 11:56 am
Feuding hampers Turkish opposition’s efforts to unite against Erdogan
Despite recent gains, top 6 opposition heads failing to capitalize on veteran leader’s relative weakness, impeded by his stranglehold on media and courts
By Fulya Ozerkan
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu joins his supporters as they gather in front of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality during a protest in Istanbul, after a Turkish court sentenced him to nearly three years jail in a politically charged trial, on December 14, 2022. (Yasin AKGUL/AFP)
December 14, 2022, 11:20 pm
Istanbul’s opposition mayor barred from politics over ‘insult’ to regime officials
Though Ekrem Imamoglu unlikely to face jail time, court ruling disqualifies him from political office — preventing challenge to Erdogan for presidency
By Dmitry Zaks
Thousands of supporters surround the new Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu from Turkey's main opposition opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), as he makes a speech from the top of his campaign bus after taking office, in Istanbul, June 27, 2019. (BULENT KILIC / AFP)
June 27, 2019, 9:07 pm
Huge crowd cheers Istanbul mayor inauguration
Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu wins re-run of mayoral vote in landslide victory seen as blow to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan
By Fulya Ozerkan
Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) listen during his last election rally before a re-run ballot in Istanbul on June 22, 2019. (Adem ALTAN/AFP)
June 23, 2019, 10:19 am
Istanbul votes again, in test for Erdogan and Turkish democracy
New mayoral election called after ruling AKP party alleged corruption caused its shock defeat in previous vote
By Fulya Ozerkan and Raziye AKKOC
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses an election rally in Istanbul, March 24, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
May 6, 2019, 11:13 pm
Turkey election body orders Istanbul re-vote
Erdogan’s AKP party complained of irregularities after losing control of Turkey’s largest city for the first time in 25 years; new vote set for June 23
By Fulya Ozerkan and Eric RANDOLPH
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