Ekrem Imamoglu

Ankara, Turkey’s capital, has 110 days of water left, according to city mayor Mansur Yavaş.

The Turkish police deny they ever warned his security personnel

The Mayor of Turkey's largest city met with his Athens counterpart Bakoyannis at the 5th Delphi Form

The rivalry is about much more than money-raising

The politician is a key opposition figure who helped deliver a stunning victory for colleague Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul's mayoral election

How is Erdogan going to react?

The general sentiment among the opposition voters is that Imamoglu will win again by an even bigger margin

Tevfik Göksu was referring to the Pontic Greeks who traditionally lived in the region of Pontus until they were ethnically cleansed by Turkey before the 1923 population exchange

The loss is especially hard for Erdogan who launched his political career in Constantinople as mayor in the 1990s

He ran a unifying and conciliatory campaign against his opponent backed by Erdogan