Correspondent in Istanbul
Red scarf and hand outstretched towards the sky, Ekrem Imamoglu harangues the crowd from the roof of his bus.
“
I love you all equally... The town hall belongs to the people, not to profiteers!
», says the outgoing mayor of Istanbul in a hoarse voice.
Candidate for his re-election in the municipal elections of March 31, this fierce opponent of Erdogan, made the trip to Çekmeköy, a district on the Asian side, traditionally supported by the AKP, the ruling party, to take stock of his five years of mandate: opening of new sports clubs, popular canteens, nurseries, metro lines.
Among the women who came to listen to him, Gulçan, 50, enthusiastically cites “
food vouchers for mothers in need
”.
This veiled Istanbulite, once an inveterate supporter of the presidential clan, but “
disappointed by his management of the country's economic crisis
” and “
his authoritarian leaning
” is one of the undecided people who could allow the councilor to remain in…
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