Imamoglu wins Istanbul’s mayoral poll: Unofficial results

[Bornoz]

First Greek to be mayor of Istanbul since the republic, now the next Greek to be mayor of a major city in the West will be @Itilvolga in the next few years, in Izmir.

What a time to be alive!

If he is Greek I am Greek too. We all can be Greek if you want

[Marmara]

Are you sad Petros?

[Rgvgjhvv]

If he is Greek I am Greek too. We all can be Greek if you want

From the moment that he ordered the annulment of Ekrem Imamoglu’s election as mayor of Istanbul, it was clear that Recep Tayyip Erdogan would stop at nothing to get his own candidate to win the repeat vote. As it appears increasingly likely that defeat this Sunday will be even worse than that of March 31, the Turkish president and leaders of his AK Party have resorted to accusing Imamoglu of a lack of patriotism, suggesting that he may even be Greek.

“Who were most happy with the elections of March 31? The Greeks. Do you remember the front pages of Greek newspapers saying that ‘a Greek conquered the City’?” Erdogan declared this week, after lying low for most of the campaign. A few weeks earlier, the news site Al-Monitor reported the AKP’s deputy chairman, Nurettin Canikli, saying: “The Greeks are saying Ekrem Imamoglu is Greek. There are many questions and doubts. You should prove that your spirit, heart and mind are with the Turkish nation.”

The innuendo is based on the fact that Imamoglu hails from the Black Sea region, which the Greeks call Pontos, and supports a vision of Turkey where ethnic differences do not matter.

Source: http://www.ekathimerini.com/241766/o...-of-the-greeks

[itilvolga]

Didn't know him,just learnt today he's of Greek origins.

He is not. Erdogan supporters called him as Pontian many times (it was an insult tho) just because he is from Trabzon. He even visited his village, showed his family and family/ancestor pictures to prove that he is not Pontian.

[Tigranes]

First Greek to be mayor of Istanbul since the republic, now the next Greek to be mayor of a major city in the West will be @Itilvolga in the next few years, in Izmir.

What a time to be alive!

Indeed, my friend.

[Bornoz]

From the moment that he ordered the annulment of Ekrem Imamoglu’s election as mayor of Istanbul, it was clear that Recep Tayyip Erdogan would stop at nothing to get his own candidate to win the repeat vote. As it appears increasingly likely that defeat this Sunday will be even worse than that of March 31, the Turkish president and leaders of his AK Party have resorted to accusing Imamoglu of a lack of patriotism, suggesting that he may even be Greek.

“Who were most happy with the elections of March 31? The Greeks. Do you remember the front pages of Greek newspapers saying that ‘a Greek conquered the City’?” Erdogan declared this week, after lying low for most of the campaign. A few weeks earlier, the news site Al-Monitor reported the AKP’s deputy chairman, Nurettin Canikli, saying: “The Greeks are saying Ekrem Imamoglu is Greek. There are many questions and doubts. You should prove that your spirit, heart and mind are with the Turkish nation.”

The innuendo is based on the fact that Imamoglu hails from the Black Sea region, which the Greeks call Pontos, and supports a vision of Turkey where ethnic differences do not matter.

Source: http://www.ekathimerini.com/241766/o...-of-the-greeks

Fun fact, after they said that plenty of Trabzonians in Istanbul offended by that and changed their votes

[Sora]

He's not of Greek origin. He's from Akçaabat, a Turkish-majority district of Trabzon province, Turkey. Western Trabzon(such as Şalpazarı, Vakfıkebir, Akçaabat districts) people have 6%-16% Mongoloid in average. Also "Imamoğlu" is a common Chepni(one of the 24 Oghuz clans mainly live in Black Sea region) surname. Even his phenotype is Pontid(big nose, ear and chin) + Aralid(eye shape, high cheekbones and round face shape).

I don't claim that he's non-mixed pure Turkic person but he still looks more Turkic than me. Even he doesn't know any single Greek word.

No way he's Greek.

[Rgvgjhvv]

Fun fact, after they said that plenty of Trabzonians in Istanbul offended by that and changed their votes

Of course the ones who converted and stayed in Turkey are very pro-Turkish. Aren't they like the rednecks of Turkey now?

[The Lawspeaker]

And that just before the start of World War III. As the old Chinese curse goes: "May you live in interesting times.." And blimey.. the times are very interesting !

[Bornoz]

Other than that what if he is Greek or not Markos? What would that change?

I didn't know you are such a chuvanist. Dissapointed a lot