Will Istanbul's mayor be Erdoğan's nemesis - or banned from politics?

Ekrem İmamoğlu appears well placed to take on the Turkish president, but an impending court case could end his career In a bright, sunlit conference room, Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, crosses his arms and leans back in his chair. Deputies flip through a slideshow showing images of the city's public squares. "The work should be visible," İmamoğlu presses them, in reference to plans to revamp a square in the outlying district of Bakırköy, after demanding faster progress on another in ...