Who did Yıldırım lose against in the 2014 mayoral elections of Izmir?
Aziz Kocaoğlu
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ekrem İmamoğlu
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Answer
In the 2014 mayoral elections of Izmir, Aziz Kocaoğlu defeated Binali Yıldırım. Yıldırım had been the mayor of Izmir since 2004, but he was defeated by Kocaoğlu, who had been the mayor of Bornova since 2004. Kocaoğlu was re-elected in the 2019 mayoral elections.
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