Thursday, June 13, 2019

Turkish opposition’s İmamoğlu needs real changes to tackle corruption | Ahval

Turkish opposition’s İmamoğlu needs real changes to tackle corruption
The opposition candidate in the rerun of the vote to elect a new mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has raised public hopes for tackling endemic corruption in Turkey.

İmamoğlu was declared the winner of the March 31 mayoral election, but the electoral authority ordered the vote held again on June 23 after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) objected to what it said were ballot irregularities.

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