Date published: 24 June 2019 08:59

~ Modified On: 24 June 2019 11:07

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İstanbulites on the Streets to Celebrate Ekrem İmamoğlu's Election Win

According to unofficial results, Nation Alliance's candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu from the main opposition CHP has won the repeat İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral elections. İstanbulites have taken to the streets across İstanbul to celebrate his victory.

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According to unofficial election results, Nation Alliance's candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has been again elected the Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul.

First, the joint candidate of People's Alliance Binali Yıldırım from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) made a brief statement for the press and congratulated İmamoğlu for his win.

Afterwards, İmamoğlu spoke to journalists. He briefly said,

"There will be justice, love, and tolerance; wasting, gaudiness, arrogance and otherizing will end. (...) Today, 16 million İstanbulites have refreshed our belief in democracy. Not just those who vote for me, but all our citizens who easefully had this election. I sincerely thank all of them. (...) You laid claim for our democratic tradition that exceeds a hundred years."