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Fulya OZERKAN

EXPLAINED: Turkey s communist mayor embarks on conquest of istanbul district - The Real Truth

Fatih Macoglu on the campaign trail in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul (Credit: AFP)

Fatih Macoglu, the popular "Communist Mayor" of a city in eastern Turkey, is now vying for control of a vibrant and hip Istanbul district along the Asian banks of the Bosphorus.

In 2019, he was elected mayor of Tunceli, a majority Kurdish Alevi city in eastern Anatolia known for being extremely secular and left-leaning.

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