"Balkans without Sultans": With this phrase, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main opponent, it seems, of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the May 14 elections, drew a dividing line from the Turkish President.
And in fact this was done from Athens and in the context of the Synod of the "Balkan Cities Network", organized by the Mayor of the Greek capital Costas Bakoyannis.
"When I look at the Balkans I don't see a world of kings and sultans. Athens and Istanbul are brothers, just as Taksim Square and the Syntagma, where the citizens gather, are also brothers.
The mayor of Constantinople had given his "stamp" shortly before coming to Greece from the inauguration in which he was in the area of Kastamonis, the historic city of northwestern Asia Minor. The song that played while he was on stage was prophetic.
"The goal of the campaign is Democracy and we believe that day will come,".
