Istanbul - 13 June 2019
1. Various of opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu emerging from a campaign bus amid smoke, waving to supporters
2. Supporters waving flags and cheering
3. Close of a woman making a heart sign with her hands
Istanbul - 10 June 2019
4. Pan right of crowd at Imamoglu campaign rally
5. Low view of Imamoglu, UPSOUND (Turkish): "I'm crying out from here. I am coming to make Istanbul habitable for 16 million people! Sixteen million! Sixteen million!"
6. Crowd cheering, UPSOUND (Turkish): "Mayor Ekrem! Mayor Ekrem!"
7. Group of men sitting, Cemil Caliskaner giving V for Victory sign
8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Cemil Caliskaner, ruling AK party supporter:
"They (referring to the ruling party) made him lose an election he had won (referring to Imamoglu in March 31st elections). He's won that election and they made him lose it. And as an AK (ruling Justice and Development) Party supporter, out of spite, I will now vote for Imamoglu."
Istanbul - 14 June 2019
9. Wide of Imamoglu election billboards
10. Two Imamoglu's billboards, left reading: (Turkish) "We will unite; we will integrate; we will reconcile", right reading: (Turkish) "We are this city's greater majority"
11. Wide of street with Imamoglu billboards and ruling party candidate Binali Yildirim billboards on the right
Istanbul - 17 June 2019
12. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ekrem Imamoglu, opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor:
"This election is to repair, to treat the oppression of democracy, the mistake against democracy, (this) conspiracy."
Istanbul - 14 June 2019
13. Man holding a banner with Imamoglu's campaign slogan, reading: (Turkish) "Everything will be great"
14. Close of Imamoglu's merchandise
15. Man waiting at a bus stop, Imamoglu graffiti on the wall behind him
16. Close of the graffiti, reading: (Turkish) "Everything will be great"
Istanbul - 17 June 2019
17. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ekrem Imamoglu, opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor:
"I believe the people of Istanbul will give the necessary response to this injustice at the polls as a result of their belief in democracy. And God willing, the victors will be Istanbul and democracy."
Istanbul - 15 June 2019
18. Various of Imamoglu banners, reading: (Turkish) "Everything will be great"
Istanbul - 10 June 2019
19. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ozge Kaya, Ekram Imamoglu supporter:
"The reason (we're voting for Imamoglu) is because we don't want the AK Party anymore. We are fed up. We're really tired of them. And we see Ekrem Imamoglu as a solution and that's why he has our vote."
Istanbul - 15 June 2019
20. Various of Imamoglu campaign tent and people approaching it
Istanbul - 14 June 2019
21. Imamoglu's banners in the street
22. Various of big banner hanging from the top of a building, with Imamoglu making the heart sign with his hands, reading (Turkish) "If there's Imamoglu, there's hope"
The joint candidate of the opposition, for the pro-secular Republican People's Party, or CHP, and the nationalist Good Party, Ekrem Imamoglu served as mayor of Istanbul for just 18 days before the March 31st election that resulted in his stunning win was annulled and his mandate was revoked.
Instead of boycotting the re-run, the CHP decided to mount a new fight for victory which it believes was snatched from Imamoglu's hands.
The 49-year-old former contractor and district mayor is now casting the repeat election as a fight for Turkish democracy.
The soft-spoken politician is leading a campaign promising conciliation and an end to divisions in the highly polarised country and has said he wants to be the mayor of all of Istanbul's 16 million residents.
But he has also signalled that he would expose corruption within the municipality, which has been led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party and its Islamist predecessors for 25 years.
He maintains that the governing party squandered the city to make its inner circle rich and is promising social policies to lift a quarter of Istanbul residents from poverty.
With Turkey's media almost entirely dominated by pro-government outlets, Imamoglu has had to lead a grassroots campaign, walking the streets of Istanbul to reach out to voters.
He has also had to fight off attacks by pro-government media and fake news.
Opinion polls suggest that Imamoglu is a few points ahead of his rival, due in part to sympathy votes.
His popularity has soared so much that many now tout him as a possible candidate to run against Erdogan in presidential elections currently set for 2023.
