“s conduct is impolite Istanbul is currently a city of parallel realities. In daily press conferences - and on his Twitter biography - Ekrem Imamoglu of the opposition CHP party says he”
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Ekrem İmamoğlu
Ekrem İmamoğlu is a Turkish politician who has served as the 32nd Mayor of Istanbul since 2019. In 2025, he was suspended from office by decree of the Ministry of Interior and subsequently held at Marmara Prison pending the outcome of ongoing legal proceedings. He denies the accusations and claims they have been politically motivated. He is the New Party's presumptive candidate for the next Turkis…
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business · Turkish politician and mayor of Istanbul (born 1970) · politician · businessperson · real estate developer · statesperson · mayor · also Ekrem İmamoğlu, İmamoğlu, Imamoglu
Born 3 June 1971 · Q59313241
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2026· 20 entries
“We have the results from the electoral board and we know who is in the lead,”
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“for me it has been a mosque since 1453”
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En Son Haber: Ekrem İmamoğlu Çıkar Amaçlı Suç Örgütü davasında ikinci celse başlıyor
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Published video “Bugün hücremde "umut" ve "sevgi" misafirimdi…”.
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Yeni Akit: Süleymancı abileri tarafından büyütülen bir adam Ekrem İmamoğlu! Erdem Atay'dan bomba açıklamalar
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 9 Ağustos 2026 tarihinde paylaşılan bir videoda, oyuncu Emre Kınay’ın Ekrem İmamoğlu’na destek vermediği için dışlandığını ve gösterilerini iptal etmek zorunda kaldığını söylediği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Published video “Bütün vatandaşlarımızı bu büyük mücadelenin bir parçası olmaya davet ediyorum.”.
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Published video “Bu yol milletin yoludur. Hep birlikte başaracağız. #Yenibaşlangıç”.
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Hürriyet: Ekrem İmamoğlu, CHP'den istifa etii
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Takvim: Önce böldü sonra koptu! Ekrem İmamoğlu CHP'den istifa etti... Yeni Parti'nin siyasi piyesteki rolünü Takvim yazmıştı
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Published video “Bu sene Salah'ın performansını görüp son kararımı vereceğim.😉 #ekremimamoğlu”.
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Published video “Yeni X hesabımı takip etmenizi rica ediyorum. https://x.com/ca_iletisim”.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabının 2 Ağustos 2026 tarihli paylaşımında, Zafer Partisi Genel Başkanı Ümit Özdağ’ın Ekrem İmamoğlu hakkında “Ekrem İmamoğlu’nu Türkiye için ciddi bir tehdit olarak görüyorum” dediği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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The Next Web: X is fighting a Turkish order to block Ekrem Imamoglu’s campaign account
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Published video “500 gündür özgürlüğümüz gasp edilmiştir ama mücadelemiz devam etmektedir.”.
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Published video “Kardeşlik hukuku...”.
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Published video “Hazır olun; hep birlikte tasarlayacak, düşünecek, çalışacak ve başaracağız!”.
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Published video “Hazır olun; hep birlikte çalışacak ve başaracağız.”.
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Published video “Türkiye bu yargı rezilliğini yaşarken dünya liderleri geldi, gitti. #ekremimamoğlu”.
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2025· 17 entries
Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 19 Kasım 2025 tarihinde yapılan paylaşımda bulunan görselin Kıbrıs Başpiskoposunun fotoğrafını elinde tutan İBB başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlunu gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabından 12 Kasım 2025’te paylaşılan videoda Yılmaz Özdil’in Ekrem İmamoğlu için ‘Yalancı, egoist ve ahlaksız.’ dediği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 13 Eylül 2025 tarihinde paylaşılan videoda, Ekrem İmamoğlu’nu televizyonda gördükten sonra saldıran kişileri gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 23 Temmuz 2025 tarihinde yapılan paylaşımda görselin Fransız metal grubu Gojira’nın konser sırasında Ekrem İmamoğlu’na desteğini gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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bianet: Ekrem İmamoğlu on trial in Akın Gürlek case: “We are not being tried, we are being punished”
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 10 Mayıs 2025 tarihinde yapılan bir paylaşımda, videonun Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun telefonundan çıkan görüntüleri gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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The New York Times: Ekrem Imamoglu
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Yahoo: Turkey blocks arrested opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu's X account
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir Instagram hesabı tarafından 19 Mart 2025’te yapılan paylaşımda, Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun ellerini arkada bağlamış şekilde bir türbeyi ziyaret ettikten 1453 gün sonra gözaltına alındığı ve devletin bunu planlayarak gerçekleştirdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 7 Nisan 2025’te paylaşılan bir gönderide fotoğraftaki kişinin Ekrem İmamoğlu’yu tutuklayan savcı olduğu iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Yahoo: EU delegation visits jailed Erdoğan rival Ekrem İmamoğlu in Istanbul prison
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The Economist: Ekrem Imamoglu’s wife on how his arrest has turned a mayor into a movement
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Yahoo: Could Istanbul's arrested mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu become Turkey's next president?
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Yahoo: Ekrem Imamoglu: the meatball mayor who could bring down Erdogan
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New York Post: Turkish court jails Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu pending trial on corruption charges
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X kullanıcısı tarafından 9 Mart 2025 tarihinde paylaşılan görselin İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu’nu gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Was suspended from office by decree of the Ministry of Interior and subsequently held at Marmara Prison pending the outcome of ongoing legal proceedings
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2024· 4 entries
Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir X hesabı tarafından 8 Ağustos 2022 tarihinde yapılan paylaşımda Artvin Belediye Başkanı Demirhan Elçin’in İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu’na Satanizm sembolleri taşıyan bir hediye verdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir Facebook hesabı tarafından 5 Temmuz 2024 tarihinde yapılan bir paylaşımda, videonun Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun Türkiye Petrolleri yatırımı hakkındaki açıklamalarını gösterdiği iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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Career landmark: mayor of Istanbul (2024–2025).
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And is considered a front-runner for the 2028 presidential election
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2022· 1 entry
bianet: Mayor İmamoğlu files a complaint about disclosure of city surveillance camera footage
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2020· 2 entries
Responding to a question about allegations made by some newspapers that he designed a project to legalise same-sex marriage, İmamoğlu stated that they have the responsibility to safeguard the civil rights of LGBT citizen
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With the re-introduction of agricultural lands that were left idle
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2019· 3 entries
Career landmark: mayor of Istanbul (2019–2019).
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Career landmark: mayor of Istanbul (2019–2024).
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Career landmark: mayor of Istanbul (2019).
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2014· 1 entry
Career landmark: mayor of Beylikdüzü (2014–2019).
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2011· 2 entries
“June 23rd showed us that no one, no individual or power, can stand in the way of the will of the people, no politician has the luxury to ignore that fact.”
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“There are some parts of Turkey where the refugees outnumber the actual residents. No country in the world would accept this and nor should they.”
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2008· 2 entries
And acted as president of party's local chapter in Beylikdüzü before being elected as mayor of Beylikdüzü in 2014
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And was elected as the head of the party's youth wing in 2009
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2002· 2 entries
Became a board member of the multi-sport club Trabzonspor
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Became a board member of Trabzonspor, and he was also a vice president of the Trabzonspor B
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1995· 1 entry
Married Dilek Kaya, and together they have three children
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-06-03.
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