Paylan praises opposition win of Istanbul mayoral race

Istanbul-Armenian MP Garo Paylan representing the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) took to Facebook to praise the main opposition’s victory in the Istanbul mayoral election re-run.

With some 99 percent of ballots counted, Ekrem Imamoglu of the Republican People's Party (CHP), was winning by more than 775,000 votes – 54 percent.

“The authority of one person no longer exists. Let’s dance together tonight and start working from tomorrow to build democracy together,” he wrote.

According to the lawmaker, the pro-HDP voters headed to the polls with a greater determination, adding the most important outcome of the Istanbul election is that the foundations of one person’s authority has been undermined in the country.