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

Photograph: Louis Fishman

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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."

İstanbulites on the streets

Kurtuluş ^^ pic.twitter.com/mLatWog7lm

— Levent Pişkin (@leventpuskin) 23 Haziran 2019

In the wake of İmamoğlu's speech, İstanbulites took to the streets for celebration. Their celebrations have been shared on social media: 

Şişli'de seçim kutlaması

"Ekrem Başkan, Ekrem Başkan"

Seçim sonuçlarının ardından Şişli'de vatandaşlar sloganlarla kutlama yapmaya başladı. #herseycokguzeloldu #BugünHerŞeyÇokGüzelOlacak pic.twitter.com/HmmBy9yPaD

— Yol TV (@YolTV) 23 Haziran 2019

İstiklal Caddesi. Anlık.pic.twitter.com/2Tsyd9h0Qw

— Güzel İstanbul (@GuzelIstanbul_) 23 Haziran 2019

The people of Silivri celebrated the election win as follows:

The joy of the people of Ankara has been shared by the Anadolu Agency:

(EMK/SD)

* Photographs in the news: Anadolu Agency / Gökhan Balcı