Polls suggest this man could become Turkey’s next president. Erdoğan is doing everything to stop him
- Written by William Gourlay, Teaching Associate in Politics & International Relations at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University
A Turkish proverb – düştüğün yerden kalk – counsels that one should arise from where one has fallen.
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of Istanbul and main rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s 2028 election, has taken this advice to heart.
Imprisoned in March on charges widely...
