The Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayor of İstanbul’s Esenler district has said Greeks were very happy about the election of Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu in the March 31 local elections because he is from Trabzon.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appears all but certain to secure victory in the Turkish Presidential elections, as he has won 54.3 percent of the vote with over 80 percent of the votes counted in Turkey’s presidential election on Sunday, broadcasters said.

The debate over Greek islands in the Aegean flared up in the Turkish Parliament, with Foreign Minister Mevlout Tsavusoglu asking the opposition to cooperate with the government. Indeed, he listed the three alternatives for resolving the issue, including war.