Ekrem Imamoglu, maire d'Istanbul et opposant à Erdogan

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Le maire d'Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, a annoncé dimanche soir sa réélection à la tête de la plus grande ville de Turquie, qu'il avait conquise en 2019. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Istanbul Mayor, Ekrem İmamoglu, announced on Sunday evening his re-election at the head

00:04 of the largest city in Turkey, which he had conquered in 2019.

00:08 At 52 years old, the one who was prevented from running for presidency in 2023 due to

00:14 a judicial conviction appears as the main political opponent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip

00:19 Erdogan for the next scrutiny.

00:20 This Sunday evening, democracy will be unleashed, in the squares, in the streets, in universities,

00:27 in cafes and restaurants in Istanbul.

00:30 These are the words that Ekrem İmamoglu said on Sunday, March 31, in front of tens of

00:35 thousands of his supporters after his re-election at the Istanbul City Hall.

00:38 By preserving the economic capital and largest city in Turkey, he won against Binali İldirim

00:43 in 2019, a loyal of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the idil is more than ever a figure of the

00:48 boss of the Turkish opposition the day after the historic turn to the presidential camp

00:52 during his municipal elections.

00:54 On Sunday, Ekrem İmamoglu did not even wait for the official results to be proclaimed

00:59 to announce his victory.

01:00 "We are in the first position with a lead of more than a million votes, we have won

01:05 the election "he said in front of the press, stating that his results accounted for 96%

01:11 of the ballots.

01:12 This clear lead alone represents the path traveled by the political opponent in a few

01:16 years.

01:17 During the 2019 scrutiny, he had won with only 14,000 votes in advance, a straw when

01:23 we know that Istanbul has more than 11 million registered on the electoral lists.

01:27 But this short victory was then a turn of force, almost unknown, the elected republican party

01:33 of the CHP, Social Democrat, put an end to 25 years of domination of Recep Tayyip Erdogan

01:38 and the AKP, who took power over the largest city in the country.

01:42 Ekrem İmamoglu had then benefited from an alliance of opposition parties, unlike

01:47 Sunday without it apparently hindering his success.

01:50 In the face of power and Turkish justice.

01:54 The course of Istanbul's mayor is also full of ambushes with the power in place.

01:58 By cancelling the first municipal scrutiny in March 2019, Recep Tayyip Erdogan paradoxically

02:04 gave a comfortable victory to Ekrem İmamoglu during a second vote.

02:08 Three months later, the opponent ended up with 800,000 votes in advance on the candidate

02:11 of the AKP, Binali İldirim.

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