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Local election campaigns heat up in Istanbul, Türkiye

STORY: Local election campaigns heat up in Istanbul, Türkiye SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: March 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul 2. various of the election campaign in Istanbul 3. various of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing an election rally in Istanbul 4. various of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu speaking at an election rally in Istanbul 5. various of the election campaign in Istanbul 6. various of the election brochures of Murat Kurum, candidate of the Justice and Development Party 6. various of the election brochures of Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the Republican People's Party STORYLINE: Istanbul mayoral candidates are exerting their final efforts to rally support in the lead-up to the local elections on March 31, unveiling their plans and striving to resonate with voters to secure their support. Twenty-two political party candidates and 27 independent candidates will vie for the mayor of the Istanb

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima casts his vote in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, and former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha, 60 -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city.

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Yoichi Iha casts his vote with his wife in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- former Ginowan Mayor Iha, 60, and Atsushi Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city.

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Osaka mayoral race begins

OSAKA, Japan - Combined photos show the two leading candidates in the Osaka mayoral election -- incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu (L) and former Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto -- speaking on the streets in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2011, as official campaigning in the race started the same day.

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Election in quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - Photo taken on April 13, 2011, shows a poster board for a municipal election in quake-hit Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Campaigning for two mayoral and 11 city assembly elections in the prefecture will commence from April 17. The mayoral and city assembly elections in Mito have been postponed under a special law enacted March 18 following the disaster.

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Opposition-backed Kumagai to win Chiba mayoral election

CHIBA, Japan - Opposition-backed Toshihito Kumagai and his supporters celebrate after ensuring a landslide victory over two contenders in the Chiba mayoral election at his campaign office in the city east of Tokyo on June 14. Kumagai, 31, becomes the country's youngest mayor.

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Opposition-backed Kumagai to win Chiba mayoral election

CHIBA, Japan - Opposition-backed Toshihito Kumagai and his supporters celebrate after ensuring a landslide victory over two contenders in the Chiba mayoral election at his campaign office in the city east of Tokyo on June 14. Kumagai, 31, becomes the country's youngest mayor.

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Moderate on relocation plan wins in Nago election

NAGO, Japan - Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, former chairman of the city assembly, wins the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 22. Shimabukuro is more flexible than the two other candidates on opposition to a government plan to relocate a U.S. military airport to their city.

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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Chicago Mayor Only Granting Interviews To People Of Color

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated Februay 26, 2019 of mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot and her daughter Vivian Lightfoot appear with supporters at EvolveHer in Chicago, IL, USA. Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday defended her decision to grant interviews on her two-year anniversary in office only to journalists of color, saying it was intended as an effort to confront the issue of what she described as a mostly white and male City Hall press corps. Photo by Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chicago Mayor Only Granting Interviews To People Of Color

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated March 21, 2019 of Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle take their places before a forum at WTTW. Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday defended her decision to grant interviews on her two-year anniversary in office only to journalists of color, saying it was intended as an effort to confront the issue of what she described as a mostly white and male City Hall press corps. Photo by Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Moderate on relocation plan wins in Nago election

NAGO, Japan - Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, former chairman of the city assembly, wins the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 22. Shimabukuro is more flexible than the two other candidates on opposition to a government plan to relocate a U.S. military airport to their city. (Kyodo)

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Opposition-backed Kumagai to win Chiba mayoral election

CHIBA, Japan - Opposition-backed Toshihito Kumagai and his supporters celebrate after ensuring a landslide victory over two contenders in the Chiba mayoral election at his campaign office in the city east of Tokyo on June 14. Kumagai, 31, becomes the country's youngest mayor. (Kyodo)

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Opposition-backed Kumagai to win Chiba mayoral election

CHIBA, Japan - Opposition-backed Toshihito Kumagai and his supporters celebrate after ensuring a landslide victory over two contenders in the Chiba mayoral election at his campaign office in the city east of Tokyo on June 14. Kumagai, 31, becomes the country's youngest mayor. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Mito Kakizawa, secretary general of the Japan Innovation Party, heads to an intra-party meeting at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. His support of a mayoral candidate without official party endorsement has drawn criticism from two senior members of the second-largest opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Undated combined photo shows Japan Innovation Party supreme adviser Toru Hashimoto (L) and adviser Ichiro Matsui. The two members of the second-largest opposition party expressed their intention on Aug. 27, 2015, to step down amid internal strife over support offered by the party's secretary general to a mayoral candidate without official party endorsement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition candidate for Seoul mayoral by-election

Oh Se Hoon of the main opposition People Power Party is pictured in Seoul on March 8, 2021, wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. Oh is one of the two leading opposition candidates for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election.

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Opposition candidate for Seoul mayoral by-election

Ahn Cheol Soo of the People's Party is pictured in Seoul on March 8, 2021, wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ahn is one the two leading opposition candidates for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election.

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Opposition candidates for Seoul mayoral by-election

Oh Se Hoon (L) of the main opposition People Power Party and Ahn Cheol Soo of the People's Party shake hands in Seoul on March 8, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. They are the two leading opposition candidates for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election.

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Early voting for Seoul mayoral by-election

Former South Korean startups minister Park Young Sun, the candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, casts a ballot at a polling station in Seoul on April 2, 2021, the first day of two-day early voting.

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Early voting for Seoul mayoral by-election

Former South Korean startups minister Park Young Sun, the candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, casts a ballot at a polling station in Seoul on April 2, 2021, the first day of two-day early voting.

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Early voting for Seoul mayoral by-election

Voters cast ballots at a polling station in Seoul on April 2, 2021, the first day of two-day early voting for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election.

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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CORRECTED Election in quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - CLARYFING START OF CAMPGIN Photo taken on April 13, 2011, shows a poster board for a municipal election in quake-hit Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Campaigning for two mayoral and 11 city assembly elections in the prefecture will commence from April 17. The mayoral and city assembly elections in Mito have been postponed under a special law enacted March 18 following the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Election in quake-hit Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - Photo taken on April 13, 2011, shows a poster board for a municipal election in quake-hit Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Campaigning for two mayoral and 11 city assembly elections in the prefecture will officially start on April 17. The mayoral and city assembly elections in Mito have been postponed under a special law enacted March 18 following the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Yoichi Iha casts his vote with his wife in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- former Ginowan Mayor Iha, 60, and Atsushi Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city. (Kyodo)

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Mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima casts his vote in the mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2012. Two independents -- Sakima, 47, a former member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, and former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha, 60 -- are vying for the position amid controversy over a plan to relocate a key U.S. base from the city. (Kyodo)

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Osaka mayoral race begins

OSAKA, Japan - Combined photos show the two leading candidates in the Osaka mayoral election -- incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu (L) and former Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto -- speaking on the streets in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2011, as official campaigning in the race started the same day. (Kyodo)

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Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Hayashi certain to secure 3rd term

Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi celebrates as she appeared certain to win a third four-year term by defeating two independent candidates in the mayoral election on July 30, 2017. Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koike aiming to secure majority in Tokyo assembly

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets with reporters in the capital on Feb. 6, 2017, a day after the incumbent candidate, backed by Koike, won a fifth term in the mayoral election for Chiyoda Ward, defeating two newcomers including one supported by the Liberal Democratic Party. It has been reported that Koike is considering fielding more than 60 candidates in a Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in the summer to secure an overall majority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo