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What needed to be questioned was not whether the decision was good or bad, but Erdoğan's remarks a year ago against the conversion of the monument, İmamoğlu has said.

İstanbul Governor Yerlikaya has announced that a person around 30 years old has died as a result of a brook overflowing its banks in Esenyurt district.

Speaking to bianet about the results of a recent survey, Özkiraz, the Chair of Avrasya Research Center, says, “People are not content with presidential system as they could not find what they were promised. They also prefer a non-partisan president.”

Saying that the takeover was illegal Mayor İmamoğlu has shared the letter he sent to the minister.

As the government is unwilling to declare a country-wide curfew, mayor İmamoğlu has suggested "partial restrictions" for the city of 15 million.

Suspending 24/7 services, the municipality has prepared infographics and animated movies on the coronavirus pandemic in five languages.

During the meeting, the famous actor was served cologne despite wearing gloves.

Addressing the reporters during his visit to an exhibition platform in Taksim, İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu has emphasized that the square has recently been remembered for the process about Gezi Park and said, “I stand with Mr. Kahraman and others.”

İstanbulites have reacted to the 35-percent increase both on social media and on the street.

European Parliament Standing Rapporteur on Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor has visited İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, congratulating him on his election win: “I congratulate you twice because you won the elections twice.”

Commenting on the theater play adapted from Demirtaş’s book “Devran” and also watched by his wife, İstanbul Mayor has said, “Maybe, a different atmosphere will be created by women. Maybe, an environment of peace can be established.”

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu has visited “23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory”. Accompanied by the wife and daughter of the late journalist, İmamoğlu has said, “A person who had a word for peace and wanted to contribute to peace has been massacred.”

The President yesterday urged İmamoğlu to abide by the government's decision, otherwise, he will be held accountable.

Indicating that there are 60 libraries in İstanbul, the most densely populated city of Turkey, Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu said, “It is very sad that the number of libraries per 100,000 İstanbulites is 0.4. This figure is 14 in Zurich, 8.5 in Paris and 3.4 in Tokyo.”

Responding to President Erdoğan’s criticisms of “not sod-cutting ceremony” held for a biological purification facility, İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu has said, “Preventing a wrong investment of 1.6 million, we will make the right investments at rights points."

The municipality has suspended a project of a biological purification facility as it might be "surplus to need" and organized a "not sod-cutting ceremony."

The opposition-held municipality will not be included in the urban management bodies for the Bosphorus area, according to a draft amendment by the ruling party.

Speaking at a CoE Congress in Strasbourg, İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu has said, “They talk about trustees over and over again, but I am very clear about this issue. I am against the practice of appointing trustees. Period. I am that clear.”

In a first, women workers have been hired by İstanbul Parking Enterprises (İSPARK) Inc. affiliated with İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. There was not a single woman among its 2,500 workers, Mayor İmamoğlu previously announced.

İstanbul Electricity, Tramway and Tunnel (İETT) General Management has announced that 10 women drivers will be hired upon the instruction of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.