“I thank all of our people who live in this beautiful city, be it Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Jews, Syriacs”, newly elected Mayor of Istanbul

The Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate for the İstanbul mayoral election rerun received 54 percent of the votes according to the unofficial results, with his rival Binali Yıldırım from the ruling Justice and Development Party getting 45 percent.

İmamoğlu briefly said the following in his press conference:

"I thank the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) voters, the MHP (Nationalist Movement Party) voters, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) voters, the Felicity Party (SP) the Patriotic Party (VP), the Democratic Left Party (DSP), the Great Alliance Party (BBP), voters, our neighbors in the same neighborhood, all of our people who live in this beautiful city, be it Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Jews, Syriacs, in short, the noble citizens of this city, the youth, ladies, our grandmothers, our mothers who kept me standing with their prayers, our campaign director who planned and directed this successful campaign, all of our friends.