Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted his congratulations to opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu after the latter’s victory in the Istanbul mayoral elections, Vestnik Kavkaz reports.
"I wish that the results of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality election will be beneficial for our Istanbul," Erdogan tweeted. “National will has manifested once again today. I congratulate Ekrem Imamoglu, who won the election, according to the preliminary results.”