Elections in Turkey: Erdogan wants Istanbul back, will the Kurds take revenge? - Walla! news. The president's party lost the country's largest city in 2019, and it aims to win it and the capital Ankara again.
Mayor Imamoglu is considered a possible leader the day after Erdogan, and he needs the support of the Kurds again. The strengthening of an anti-Israel Islamist party may also steal votes from Erdogan, who recently stated that this would be his last election.