New Istanbul mayor likely to become national-level rival to Turkish president, whose ruling party faces dissident offshoot

The re-run for the Istanbul municipal election, held on 23 June, resulted in a second consecutive victory for opposition mayoral candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who beat his rival from the ruling Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkıma Partisi: AKP) with 54%, against 45%, of the