Turkey's Erdogan congratulates opposition candidate for Istanbul win

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan congratulated opposition candidate Ekrem Imamog...

Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party , talks to the media at the CHP election coordination centre in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan congratulated opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday for winning Istanbul’s re-run mayoral election according to unofficial results. The High Electoral Board is yet to announce the formal results but Imamoglu is set for a comfortable victory over his rival Binali Yildirim, from the ruling AKP, with 54 percent of votes after more than 99 percent of the ballot boxes opened.

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