a distinct possibility that present retch have to have everyone's a k party will lose its grip on the city. this is how the final phase of election campaigning looks like in istanbul at the ferry terminal and the cutty could district the major parties have set up their stalls and they are doing their best to drown each other out. the city has been in campaign mode for almost 6 months now he narrowly won the mayor's office in march a criminal it was the 1st opposition victory here in istanbul in 25 years but been early years of the ruling a.k.p. wasn't going to give up the city without a fight his party fatah complains all the irregularities and obtained a rerun of the election so now it's number 2 in the fight for turkey's most important city was the crimean mahmoud who has been back on the campaign trail for weeks he still considers himself the legitimate mayor of istanbul and the decision