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2019 local election
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Ekrem’s promise, Ekrem’s destiny
Ekrem İmamoğlu‘s impressive victory has triggered huge expectations for his future. He must now demonstrate he is worthy of them
As it happened: the Ekrem İmamoğlu vs Binali Yıldırım TV debate
How Turkey's first major political TV debate in 16 years unfolded
Binali Yıldırım’s gamble
The former prime minister has more to lose by challenging Istanbul mayoral rival Ekrem İmamoğlu to Turkey's first televised political debate in 17 years
Not a new dawn, but first lights?
Turkey's opposition has run its most effective campaign and election night in a decade and a half
Election live 2019: Turkey votes in local elections
Updates throughout the day on 31 March 2019 as Turkey votes in local elections
Turkey’s new-found obsession with New Zealand
An atrocity half a world away has a profound impact on campaigning in mayoral elections
Ankara mayoral candidate Mansur Yavaş’s ‘legal troubles’ are not what they may seem
The top contender to create an electoral upset on March 31 finds himself on the receiving end of a bizarrely complicated lawsuit
No-one is sorry to see you go
Melih Gökçek’s resignation only evokes sympathy for the other mayors that were forced to go along with him
Metal fatigue or a Great Purge?
A operation to clean the governing AK Party of unwanted local politicians is underway - and some are very senior indeed
Kadir Topbaş out
In another opaque act of AK Party fratricide, Istanbul's mayor suddenly and unexpectedly resigns