People in Turkey’s Istanbul go to polls for a rerun vote to elect the city’s mayor for the next five years
People watch a televised debate between Istanbul's mayoral candidates Ekrem Imamoglu of Republican People's Party and Binali Yildirim of AK Party at a cafe in central Istanbul, Turkey, June 16, 2019.
Millions of Turkish voters cast their votes nationwide on March 31 in local elections to choose mayors, city council members, mukhtars , and members of elder councils for the next five years. Also, polling clerks who were not civil servants served in 754 polling centers in the March 31 mayoral elections in Istanbul.
However, 44,852 voters were removed from the electoral lists due to conviction, military service or death.Voters will go to 31,342 ballot boxes in 39 districts, according to the YSK.This time, there will be only 21 candidates, including nominees from AK Party, the CHP, the Felicity Party and the Patriotic Party along with 17 independent hopefuls.Yildirim and Imamoglu on June 16 sat down for a televised debate a week ahead of the rerun polls.
Moving on to election promises, Imamoglu said if elected, he would assign a desk to look exclusively into Syrians living in the city.
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