Ekrem Imamoglu of Turkey’s Republican People's Party has won the re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, beating former prime minister Binali Yildirim by around 775,000 votes. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who previously said that whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey, congratulated Imamoglu. Erdogan has been prime minister and now president of Turkey since February, but his power could now wane as his presidential predecessor and a former prime minister move to launch breakaway parties.
Ekrem Imamoglu of Turkey’s Republican People's Party has won the re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election, beating former prime minister Binali Yildirim by around 775,000 votes. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who previously said that whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey, congratulated Imamoglu. Erdogan has been prime minister and now president of Turkey since 2003, but his power could now wane as his presidential predecessor and a former prime minister move to launch breakaway parties.