![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaTurkish vote: Battle to run Istanbul becomes key to country’s futurePublished43 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, NECATI SAVAS/EPA-EFEImage caption, Until 2019, President Erdogan’s AK Party had been in charge of Istanbul and Ankara for 25 yearsBy Cagil KasapogluBBC World ServiceMillions of Turks vote in elections on Sunday to decide who runs their biggest cities – and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can wrest back control from the opposition.Turkey’s economic and social powerhouse, Istanbul, was won by a united opposition five years ago under popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, shattering the president’s long run of electoral success.Now Mr Erdogan, who was born in this megacity of 16 million people, wants it back and the vote is on a knife-edge.Whatever happens in Istanbul is being seen as a crucial test of whether the opposition can pose a serious threat to Mr Erdogan and his AK Party in the next presidential elections in four years’ time.”Istanbul is his home. Losing Istanbul to the opposition in the 2019 local elections was devastating for him,” says Ihsan Aktas of the department of communication at Istanbul Medipol University and chair of the Genar Political Research Centre.Istanbul was where he grew up, selling sesame bread snacks called Simits before going into politics in the 1970s.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Recep Tayyip Erdogan started his political career in Istanbul as a member of an Islamist PartyHe headed an Islamist party’s youth branch in the district of Beyogluthen, and rose through the ranks to become mayor, prime minister and ultimately president of Turkey.Erdogan: Turkey’s all-powerful leader of more than 20 yearsRecep Tayyip Erdogan secured a third term in presidential elections last year, but in this latest vote the main opposition party, the secular CHP, is hoping to hold on to big cities that it won back in dramatic fashion five years ago. Not just Istanbul, but the capital Ankara and the tourist city of Antalya. Until 2019, the ruling AK Party and its Islamist predecessors had run the two biggest cities for 25 years.In Istanbul the opposition even defeated his candidate twice, as the AKP alleged there had been irregularities and officials ordered a re-run.Image source, EPAImage caption, Ekrem Imamoglu is seen as the biggest challenger for Mr Erdogan”Although the opposition lost against Erdogan in last year’s presidential election, there is still a strong link between winning Istanbul and winning Turkey,” says Seda Demiralp, professor of political science at the city’s Isik University.”If Imamoglu manages to keep Istanbul, the opposition will still have high hopes for the upcoming 2028 presidential elections.”Ihsan Aktas agrees that whoever wins will have enormous influence beyond Istanbul: “When you have the backing of Istanbul, you directly become an actor in the national politics. And globally too.”The city hosts a fifth of Turkey’s population of nearly 85 million people, and it has a diverse electorate from different political, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds.Control Istanbul and you control a significant portion of Turkey’s economy including trade, tourism and finance.The candidate chosen to run for Mr Erdogan’s party in Istanbul is Murat Kurum, a 47-year-old former minister for the environment and urbanisation. But it may as well be a race between Ekrem Imamoglu and Mr Erdogan.A former businessman, 52-year-old Mr Imamoglu rose to prominence as mayor of the city’s little-known middle-class district of Beylikduzu and he is viewed as President Erdogan’s biggest challenger in decades.Image source, ERDEM SAHIN/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu attend an election campaign rally in March”In 2019 we closed a chapter, and on 31 March, [the AKP] will be history,” he told supporters at a rally in Beylikduzu.Another victory would bolster his political clout and pave the way for him to run for the presidency in four years’ time, political commentators say.The mayor of Ankara, Mansur Yavas, has also been tipped to run in 2028 and his route to victory on Sunday is seen as more secure.For now Ekrem Imamoglu is keeping his sights on his current job.”I have big dreams for Istanbul, I don’t dream of anything else, but just fulfilling them for now,” he told Turkish daily Cumhuriyet.During his five years in office, Turkey has been in the grip of an economic crisis, although the mayor highlights an extension to the city’s rail system, more green spaces and a major house-building programme.But there is another major concern that grips the people of Istanbul.Last year’s double earthquake in southern Turkey left more than 53,000 people dead and seismologists warn that a devastating quake may hit Istanbul at any moment.Plans to demolish old, dilapidated buildings and build earthquake-resistant replacements are top of the agenda for the AKP.”Murat Kurum is a name identified with urban development, and has a symbolic significance,” says Ms Demiralp, but still “it may not be enough to secure a victory”.Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, President Erdogan (R) joins his Istanbul mayoral candidate Murat Kurum (L) at the party’s ralliesPresident Erdogan and top ministers have made winning back Istanbul a personal goal, promising a new era from 31 March.”Istanbul will be returned to its real owner,” he promised hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally in the city. Now aged 70, he has previously said these will be his last elections. He is in his third term as president and cannot rule beyond 2028 under the constitution.But he hasn’t picked any successors yet and Ihsan Akstas says pinpointing who might replace him as head of the AKP is extremely difficult.”When we ask pollsters who they would like to see replacing Erdogan, they cannot think of anyone. This is a challenge for the party.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Istanbul has a population of 16 million and is Turkey’s biggest city by farThat is why Mr Erdogan’s critics believe winning back Istanbul might be used to consolidate his power at both the national and local level, with potential changes to the constitution that would grant him yet another term as president.Unlike recent elections, he also has an advantage in that the opposition is no longer united and polls suggest the race in Istanbul could be neck and neck.Ekrem Imamoglu won in 2019 backed by a six-party coalition of nationalists, secularists, liberals, conservatives, Islamists and, most crucially, the Kurds. Istanbul has a very large Kurdish population.But that opposition collapsed after last year’s presidential defeat and the other opposition parties, including the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, have their own candidates in this race.That could damage Mr Imamoglu’s chances of winning. But another twist could damage Murat Kurum’s hopes too. A new party called the Islamist New Welfare Party could take votes from him, as conservative and religious voters look to alternatives to the AKP.Related TopicsTurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoganIstanbulMore on this storyWhat to expect from newly emboldened ErdoganPublished29 May 2023Blow for Erdogan in re-run Istanbul pollPublished24 June 2019Erdogan supporters celebrate win in divided TurkeyPublished29 May 2023Top StoriesLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaTurkish vote: Battle to run Istanbul becomes key to country’s futurePublished43 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, NECATI SAVAS/EPA-EFEImage caption, Until 2019, President Erdogan’s AK Party had been in charge of Istanbul and Ankara for 25 yearsBy Cagil KasapogluBBC World ServiceMillions of Turks vote in elections on Sunday to decide who runs their biggest cities – and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can wrest back control from the opposition.Turkey’s economic and social powerhouse, Istanbul, was won by a united opposition five years ago under popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, shattering the president’s long run of electoral success.Now Mr Erdogan, who was born in this megacity of 16 million people, wants it back and the vote is on a knife-edge.Whatever happens in Istanbul is being seen as a crucial test of whether the opposition can pose a serious threat to Mr Erdogan and his AK Party in the next presidential elections in four years’ time.”Istanbul is his home. Losing Istanbul to the opposition in the 2019 local elections was devastating for him,” says Ihsan Aktas of the department of communication at Istanbul Medipol University and chair of the Genar Political Research Centre.Istanbul was where he grew up, selling sesame bread snacks called Simits before going into politics in the 1970s.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Recep Tayyip Erdogan started his political career in Istanbul as a member of an Islamist PartyHe headed an Islamist party’s youth branch in the district of Beyogluthen, and rose through the ranks to become mayor, prime minister and ultimately president of Turkey.Erdogan: Turkey’s all-powerful leader of more than 20 yearsRecep Tayyip Erdogan secured a third term in presidential elections last year, but in this latest vote the main opposition party, the secular CHP, is hoping to hold on to big cities that it won back in dramatic fashion five years ago. Not just Istanbul, but the capital Ankara and the tourist city of Antalya. Until 2019, the ruling AK Party and its Islamist predecessors had run the two biggest cities for 25 years.In Istanbul the opposition even defeated his candidate twice, as the AKP alleged there had been irregularities and officials ordered a re-run.Image source, EPAImage caption, Ekrem Imamoglu is seen as the biggest challenger for Mr Erdogan”Although the opposition lost against Erdogan in last year’s presidential election, there is still a strong link between winning Istanbul and winning Turkey,” says Seda Demiralp, professor of political science at the city’s Isik University.”If Imamoglu manages to keep Istanbul, the opposition will still have high hopes for the upcoming 2028 presidential elections.”Ihsan Aktas agrees that whoever wins will have enormous influence beyond Istanbul: “When you have the backing of Istanbul, you directly become an actor in the national politics. And globally too.”The city hosts a fifth of Turkey’s population of nearly 85 million people, and it has a diverse electorate from different political, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds.Control Istanbul and you control a significant portion of Turkey’s economy including trade, tourism and finance.The candidate chosen to run for Mr Erdogan’s party in Istanbul is Murat Kurum, a 47-year-old former minister for the environment and urbanisation. But it may as well be a race between Ekrem Imamoglu and Mr Erdogan.A former businessman, 52-year-old Mr Imamoglu rose to prominence as mayor of the city’s little-known middle-class district of Beylikduzu and he is viewed as President Erdogan’s biggest challenger in decades.Image source, ERDEM SAHIN/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu attend an election campaign rally in March”In 2019 we closed a chapter, and on 31 March, [the AKP] will be history,” he told supporters at a rally in Beylikduzu.Another victory would bolster his political clout and pave the way for him to run for the presidency in four years’ time, political commentators say.The mayor of Ankara, Mansur Yavas, has also been tipped to run in 2028 and his route to victory on Sunday is seen as more secure.For now Ekrem Imamoglu is keeping his sights on his current job.”I have big dreams for Istanbul, I don’t dream of anything else, but just fulfilling them for now,” he told Turkish daily Cumhuriyet.During his five years in office, Turkey has been in the grip of an economic crisis, although the mayor highlights an extension to the city’s rail system, more green spaces and a major house-building programme.But there is another major concern that grips the people of Istanbul.Last year’s double earthquake in southern Turkey left more than 53,000 people dead and seismologists warn that a devastating quake may hit Istanbul at any moment.Plans to demolish old, dilapidated buildings and build earthquake-resistant replacements are top of the agenda for the AKP.”Murat Kurum is a name identified with urban development, and has a symbolic significance,” says Ms Demiralp, but still “it may not be enough to secure a victory”.Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, President Erdogan (R) joins his Istanbul mayoral candidate Murat Kurum (L) at the party’s ralliesPresident Erdogan and top ministers have made winning back Istanbul a personal goal, promising a new era from 31 March.”Istanbul will be returned to its real owner,” he promised hundreds of thousands of supporters at a rally in the city. Now aged 70, he has previously said these will be his last elections. He is in his third term as president and cannot rule beyond 2028 under the constitution.But he hasn’t picked any successors yet and Ihsan Akstas says pinpointing who might replace him as head of the AKP is extremely difficult.”When we ask pollsters who they would like to see replacing Erdogan, they cannot think of anyone. This is a challenge for the party.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Istanbul has a population of 16 million and is Turkey’s biggest city by farThat is why Mr Erdogan’s critics believe winning back Istanbul might be used to consolidate his power at both the national and local level, with potential changes to the constitution that would grant him yet another term as president.Unlike recent elections, he also has an advantage in that the opposition is no longer united and polls suggest the race in Istanbul could be neck and neck.Ekrem Imamoglu won in 2019 backed by a six-party coalition of nationalists, secularists, liberals, conservatives, Islamists and, most crucially, the Kurds. Istanbul has a very large Kurdish population.But that opposition collapsed after last year’s presidential defeat and the other opposition parties, including the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, have their own candidates in this race.That could damage Mr Imamoglu’s chances of winning. But another twist could damage Murat Kurum’s hopes too. A new party called the Islamist New Welfare Party could take votes from him, as conservative and religious voters look to alternatives to the AKP.Related TopicsTurkeyRecep Tayyip ErdoganIstanbulMore on this storyWhat to expect from newly emboldened ErdoganPublished29 May 2023Blow for Erdogan in re-run Istanbul pollPublished24 June 2019Erdogan supporters celebrate win in divided TurkeyPublished29 May 2023Top StoriesLive. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaMoscow attack: Central Asian migrants hit by backlash in RussiaPublished10 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Migrant workers from Central Asia have often faced discrimination in Russia (file pic)By Laura GozziBBC NewsAn increase in beatings, vandalism and episodes of racism against Central Asian migrants has been reported in Russia since the deadly attacks at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall last Friday. Four Tajik nationals have been accused of killing 140 people in the attack, claimed by jihadist group Islamic State. Several other suspects have been arrested, all of Central Asian origin.Forecasting a rise in tensions in the aftermath of the Moscow murders, the embassy of Tajikistan in Russia warned its citizens at the weekend not to leave their homes unless necessary.Central Asian migrants make up a sizeable proportion of Russia’s migrant labour population, particularly in the retail, transportation and construction sectors.Russia blames West and Kyiv for Moscow jihadist attackWhat we know about attack on a Moscow concert hallHow Russia pushed false claims about Moscow attackMany already experience high levels of discrimination. They are “often confronted with broad social xenophobia that sees them as something of an underclass,” Prof Edward Lemon of Texas A&M University told the BBC. Tajik-born singer Manizha Sanghin, who represented Russia at Eurovision in 2021, condemned the “flagrant atrocity” of the Moscow attack, but warned of the “consequences that will descend upon Tajiks and all residents of Central Asia”. She is now a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan make up a significant part of Russia’s migrant workforceThere are about 10.5 million migrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan working in Russia, according to the Russian Interior Ministry. Many more are potentially unregistered. The high numbers are due to a visa-free regime with Russia which makes it one of the only options for Central Asian migrants looking for the economic opportunities they don’t have at home, Prof Lemon explained.Despite the Tajik embassy’s warning, news that the Crocus City Hall attackers were Tajik nationals quickly travelled across Russia.Over the weekend, a migrant-owned business was burnt down in the city of Blagoveshchensk in Russia’s Far East, while several migrants were beaten up in Kaluga, a city south west of Moscow. Migrants from Kyrgyzstan were held at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport for two days and locked in a room without food or water only to be later returned home, while taxi drivers in Moscow reported being asked by clients to confirm that they were not Tajiks. Within hours of the Crocus City Hall attack, messages on Telegram messaging group chats in the early hours of Saturday betrayed a growing nervousness among the migrant community in Russia.”Many people already don’t like non-Russians, and now we have this situation,” one person wrote on a group entitled “Tajiks in Moscow”.Worried about the risk of a backlash on the Tajik community, another said: “Please, God, let [the attackers] be Ukrainian instead.”Valentina Chupik, a lawyer who works with migrants without charge, told Russian media outlet Mediazona she had received 2,500 reports of “acts of aggression” against migrants in the two days following the Moscow attack. Police broke into migrants’ dormitories and hostels across the country and detained several people. More than 30 cases of torture following the arrests were also reported, Ms Chupik said. Four days on, the lawyer told the BBC that numbers were continuing to rise and several Tajiks had told her they were considering leaving Russia.”A group of Tajik citizens asked me to provide them with safe accommodation because they are scared to live in their hostel,” Ms Chupik said.Image source, ReutersImage caption, World Bank data shows around half of Tajikistan’s GDP is from citizen remittances from abroad (file photo, Moscow 2011)Ms Chupik says discrimination in Russia typically affects migrants “who do not have Slavic facial features”, and “most of the humiliation and violence comes from Russian law enforcement rather than from ordinary people”.While Friday’s attack in Moscow has exacerbated the situation, migrant communities have long been the targets of police crackdowns. Every year, Russian authorities carry out large anti-migrant campaigns, launching dozens of raids on Central Asian businesses, mosques and places of gathering. Last year’s campaign reportedly resulted in more than 15,000 migrants being deported.In January, the Kyrgyz and Uzbek governments demanded that Russia investigate a social media video showing migrant workers being insulted and humiliated during a raid in Yekaterinburg.And yet many Central Asian migrants often have little choice but to continue working in Russia. Tajikistan is the poorest country in Central Asia and half its gross domestic product (GDP) comes from remittances sent by relatives abroad.That is why they still head for Russia “in spite of the many problems,” Prof Lemon said. And Russia’s complex migration laws mean that even labourers who enter legally often end up staying without the required paperwork.Life as an undocumented migrant means becoming more susceptible to abuse from employers, substandard living conditions and no access to healthcare. It also means a greater risk of detention, which in turn leads to having to pay hefty bribes to authorities.Soon after the Moscow attack, several Russian MPs called for the tightening of migrant laws. One suggested migrants should be expelled from Russia “for the slightest offence”.But there is no realistic chance of that happening as Russia benefits from Central Asian migrants too. The war in Ukraine has left Russia facing labour shortages and it would simply be unable to afford losing millions of workers.But years of tensions and xenophobia mean migrant communities in Russia continue to feel nervous. “Be careful, good people,” one member of a Tajik Telegram group said. “After this, it will definitely be a difficult time for us brothers and sisters.”Related TopicsRussiaTajikistanMore on this storyFour in court as Moscow attack death toll nears 140Published2 days agoTop StoriesLive. 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