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TURKEY OPPOSITION

Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters in front of the Istanbul courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TURKEY COURT IMAMOGLU

epa11865495 Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaks to supporters gathered in front of the Istanbul Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, 31 January 2025. Imamoglu testified in court as part of a new investigation launched against him for 'attempting to influence judicial proceedings' following his comments on probes involving CHP-run municipalities earlier in January, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

(FILE) TURKEY POLITICS

epa11973058 (FILE) Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaks during a rally of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) following the arrest of Esenyurt mayor Ahmet Ozer, in Istanbul, Turkey, 31 October 2024 (re-issued 19 March 2025). One day after Imamoglu's university diploma was revoked, Turkish police arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu early morning on 19 March along with 100 others as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, according to a statement by the Istanbul chief public prosecutor. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

TUERKEI KOMMUNALWAHLEN EKREM IMAMOGLU

epa11254000 Istanbul's incumbent mayor and main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu, greets his supporters during his speech as they celebrate after the polls closed in the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, 31 March 2024. Some 61 million people voted in the Turkish local elections in the country's 81 provinces. (KEYSTONE/EPA/ERDEM SAHIN)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Republican People's Party, or CHP, candidate for Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu talks to journalists at his party headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa11252643 Istanbul mayor and candidate Ekrem Imamoglu (C) of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) votes for the local elections at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, 31 March 2024. Some 61 million people will vote in the Turkish local elections in overall 81 provinces. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa11252638 Istanbul mayor and candidate Ekrem Imamoglu (C) of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), his wife Dilek Imamoglu (3-L) and his children Mehmet (2-L) and Selim (L) vote for the local elections at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, 31 March 2024. Some 61 million people will vote in the Turkish local elections in overall 81 provinces. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa11251505 Istanbul mayor and candidate Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) speaks during his election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 30 March 2024. The local elections in Turkey are scheduled for 31 March 2024. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

TURKEY ELECTION

Ekrem Imamoglu, the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and his wife Dilek Imamoglu vote at a polling station, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade, or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society. (DIA Images via AP)

TURKEY INTERNATIONAL MAYORS MEETING

epa10380472 Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella (not in picture), Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis (not in picture), Secretary General of Eurocities Andre Sobczak (not in picture) and Mayor of Hannover Belit Onay (not in picture) attend their International Mayors Istanbul Solidarity Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 December 2022. Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was sentenced for more than two years in prison for insulting Turkish officials and has been given a 'political ban' by a Turkish court. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

DEUTSCHLAND EKREM IMAMOGLU

ARCHIV - 20.06.2024, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf: Ekrem Imamoglu, Oberbürgermeister von Istanbul, steht bei einem Empfang im Rathaus vor einer türkischen Fahne. (zu dpa: «Zweite Ermittlung gegen Istanbuler Bürgermeister in einer Woche») Foto: Oliver Berg/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++ (KEYSTONE/DPA/Oliver Berg)

TURKEY MAYOR IMAMOGLU

epa10367502 Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaks during a rally in front of the Istanbul Municipality, in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 December 2022. Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was sentenced for more than two years in prison for insulting Turkish officials and has been given a 'political ban' by a Turkish court. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TURKEY ISTANBUL MAYOR

Ekrem Imamoglu, the new Mayor of Istanbul from Turkey's main opposition opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), front, and his friends walk to visit the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

TURKEY ISTANBUL MAYOR

Ekrem Imamoglu, the new Mayor of Istanbul from Turkey's main opposition opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) poses for photographs after a media conference with foreign media a day after he took over office, in Istanbul, Friday, June 28, 2019. Imamoglu said Friday he was prepared against any attempts by the government to restrict his powers while emphasizing his willingness to work with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TURKEY ISTANBUL MAYOR

Ekrem Imamoglu, the new Mayor of Istanbul from Turkey's main opposition opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) talks to members of foreign media a day after he took over office, in Istanbul, Friday, June 28, 2019. Imamoglu said Friday he was prepared against any attempts by the government to restrict his powers while emphasizing his willingness to work with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TURKEY ISTANBUL MAYOR ELECTION

epa07677920 Newly elected Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) speaks during handover ceremony after receiving the official mandate for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), at the headquarters of the Municipality in Istanbul, Turkey, 27 June 2019. Imamoglu won the election with 54 percent of the votes. The Turkish Electoral Commission ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul for 23 June 2019, after Turkish President Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing to a candidate of main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) in the 31 March 2019 polls. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

TURKEY ISTANBUL VOTE

In this Monday, June 17, 2019 photo, Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, ahead of June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections, poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press, ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections, in Istanbul. Millions of voters in Istanbul go back to the polls for a controversial mayoral election re-run Sunday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party tries to wrest back control of Turkey's largest city. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TURKEY ISTANBUL VOTE

In this Monday, June 17, 2019 photo, Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press, ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections, in Istanbul. Millions of voters in Istanbul go back to the polls for a controversial mayoral election re-run Sunday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party tries to wrest back control of Turkey's largest city. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Backdropped by a poster of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, right, Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition, Republican People's Party's (CHP) mayoral candidate in Istanbul, poses for The Associated Press following an interview in Istanbul, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Imamoglu said he's confident that the result of a recount of votes in the city will confirm his victory and has renewed an appeal to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to help end the standoff. Imamoglu won the tight race for Istanbul in Sunday's local elections in a major upset for Erdogan, who rose to power as the mayor of the city of 15 million and has said that whoever wins Istanbul wins to whole of Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07645742 Republican People's Party 'CHP' candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (C) speaks during his repeated election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 13 June 2019. According to media reports, the Turkish Electoral Commission has ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul to 23 June. as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was "corruption" behind his party losing. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Supporters listen to Ekrem Imamoglu, the new mayor of Istanbul, during a rally in Istanbul, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Turkish authorities on Wednesday confirmed Imamoglu from Turkey's main opposition opposition Republican People's Party as the mayor of Istanbul, ending more than two weeks of recounts of the March 31 vote demanded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

FILE - In this Thursday April 4, 2019 file photo, Ekrem Imamoglu of the opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) mayoral candidate in Istanbul, poses for The Associated Press prior to an interview in Istanbul. After weeks of uncertainty, Turkey's highest electoral board could decide as early as Monday May 6, 2019, whether opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu, was the rightful winner of Istanbul's mayoral race âÄ” or whether a new election must be held. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

Ekrem Imamoglu, the candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, waves to supporters at a celebratory rally in Istanbul, late Sunday, June 23, 2019. Tens of thousands of people attended an election night celebration after a repeated vote in Istanbul made Imamoglu the mayor-elect of Turkey's largest city. (Onur Gunay/Imamoglu Media team via AP)

TURKEY ISTANBUL ELECTION

Ekrem Imamoglu candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party makes statements at CHP offices in Istanbul, Sunday, June 23, 2019. A former Turkish prime minister backed by Turkey's ruling party has conceded defeat and congratulated his opponent in Istanbul's repeated mayoral election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07667723 Ekrem Imamoglu (C), Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul, along with his wife Dilek Imamoglu (L) and his son Mehmet Selim Imamoglu (R), during voting in the Istanbul mayor election re-run, in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 June 2019. Some 10.5 million people will vote on the day in a re-run of the mayoral election. The Turkish Electoral Commission ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul for 23 June 2019, after Turkish President Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07667722 Ekrem Imamoglu (R), Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul and with his wife Dilek Imamoglu (L) during voting in the Istanbul mayor election re-run, in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 June 2019. Some 10.5 million people will vote on the day in a re-run of the mayoral election. The Turkish Electoral Commission ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul for 23 June 2019, after Turkish President Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07667685 Ekrem Imamoglu (C), Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul, waves after voting with members of his family in the Istanbul mayor election re-run, in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 June 2019. Some 10.5 million people will vote on the day in a re-run of the mayoral election. The Turkish Electoral Commission ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul for 23 June 2019, after Turkish President Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07667688 Ekrem Imamoglu, Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for mayor of Istanbul, and his wife Dilek Imamoglu (L), during voting in the Istanbul mayor election re-run, in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 June 2019. Some 10.5 million people will vote on the day in a re-run of the mayoral election. The Turkish Electoral Commission ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul for 23 June 2019, after Turkish President Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, waves to supporters from a boat as he prepares to release the line to start a ride in the Bosphorus Strait, following his last election rally in Istanbul, Saturday, June 22, 2019, ahead of June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections.The 49-year-old candidate won the March 31 local elections with a slim majority, but Turkey's electoral authority annulled the result of the vote and ordered the new election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, poses for photos with his wife Dilek, during a boat ride in the Bosphorus Strait, following his last election rally in Istanbul, Saturday, June 22, 2019, ahead of June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections.The 49-year-old candidate won the March 31 local elections with a slim majority, but Turkey's electoral authority annulled the result of the vote and ordered the new election. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07666535 Republican People's Party 'CHP' candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (R) and his wife Dilek Imamoglu (L) pose for media as they travel with ferry around Bosphorus after his last repeated election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 22 June 2019. According to media reports, the Turkish Electoral Commission has ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul on 23 June, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, talks to supporters during a rally in Istanbul, Friday, June 21, 2019, ahead of June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections.The 49-year-old candidate won the March 31 local elections with a slim majority, but after weeks of recounting requested by the ruling party, Turkey's electoral authority annulled the result of the vote, revoked his mandate and ordered the new election.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, watch from a balcony as he delivers a speech at a rally in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, ahead of June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections. The 49-year-old candidate won the March 31 local elections with a slim majority, but after weeks of recounting requested by the ruling party, Turkey's electoral authority annulled the result of the vote, revoked his mandate and ordered the new election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, watch from a balcony as he delivers a speech at a rally in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, ahead of June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections. The 49-year-old candidate won the March 31 local elections with a slim majority, but after weeks of recounting requested by the ruling party, Turkey's electoral authority annulled the result of the vote, revoked his mandate and ordered the new election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

In this Tuesday, June 4, 2019 photo, a poster of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's mayoral candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, is photographed ahead of the June 23 re-run of Istanbul elections, in Istanbul. Voters in Istanbul return to the polls on Sunday for a rerun of the election for the mayor of the city. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TUERKEI WAHLEN BUERGERMEISTER ISTANBUL

epa07658571 Republican People's Party 'CHP' candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (L) speaks during his repeated election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, 19 June 2019. According to media reports, the Turkish Electoral Commission has ordered a repeat of the mayoral election in Istanbul on 23 June, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party had alleged there was 'corruption' behind his party losing. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkey's secular opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) mayoral candidate for Istanbul gestures as he delivers a speech at the launch of his campaign for the June 23 re-run elections, in Istanbul, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Imamoglu, promising he would win back the seat after Turkey's electoral board ruled to void the local polls earlier this month, is running a positive messaging campaign under the motto "everything will be very beautiful." (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

TURKEY NEW MAYORS

Ekrem Imamoglu, the new mayor of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, centre, and Mansur Yavas, left, the new mayor of Turkish capital, Ankara, both from the main opposition Republican People's Party, leave Kocatepe Mosque after Friday prayers, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 26, 2019. Turkish authorities confirmed last week Imamoglu as the mayor of Istanbul, ending more than two weeks of recounts of the March 31 vote demanded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa07510634 Candidate of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu cheers during a rally after the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 April 2019. According to preliminary results, CHP candidate for Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, beat the AKP candidate Binali Yildirim, by 25,000 votes in what was viewed as a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip on power, as the ruling party, an Islamist conservative outfit, also lost the capital, Ankara. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa07510632 Supporters of candidate of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu hold picture of Ekrem Imamoglu during a rally after the local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 April 2019. According to preliminary results, CHP candidate for Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, beat the AKP candidate Binali Yildirim, by 25,000 votes in what was viewed as a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip on power, as the ruling party, an Islamist conservative outfit, also lost the capital, Ankara. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa07482024 Candidate of main oppositional Republican People's Party (CHP) for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaks during the his press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, 03 April 2019. According to preliminary results, CHP candidate for Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, beat the AKP candidate Binali Yildirim, by 25,000 votes in what was viewed as a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip on power, as the ruling party, an Islamist conservative outfit, also lost the capital, Ankara. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa07482025 Candidate of main oppositional Republican People's Party (CHP) for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaks during the his press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, 03 April 2019. According to preliminary results, CHP candidate for Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, beat the AKP candidate Binali Yildirim, by 25,000 votes in what was viewed as a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip on power, as the ruling party, an Islamist conservative outfit, also lost the capital, Ankara. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, image on poster, the candidate from an alliance led by the secular Republican People's Party, (CHP), listen as he declares victory in Istanbul, Monday April 1, 2019. Unofficial results by state-run Anadolu news agency said he had won 48.8 percent of the vote Sunday and his opponent, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim of the ruling party, had captured 48.5 percent. One percent of the votes were still to be counted. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

TURKEY LOCAL ELECTIONS

epa07478169 Candidate of main oppositional Republican People's Party (CHP) for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamogluarrives for a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, 01 April 2019. The Supreme Election Board (YSK) chairman made a statement on 01 April on Turkey's Ekrem Imamoglu leading by nearly 28,000 votes after the local election. Some 57 million of people voted in local elections in Turkey's capital and the country's overall 81 provinces. EPA/ERDEM SAHIN