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Responding to criticisms about the appointment of academic and Taksim Solidarity member Tayfun Kahraman to the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has said, “I am a guarantor for his character and personality.”

The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council has convened for the first time after the İstanbul election rerun. Mayor İmamoğlu said, “The budget of the municipality was made by leaning on the central government, thinking that they would not be called to account.”