Binali Yıldırım
He has caused controversy over his defence of greater government surveillance and comments favouring sex segregation . He was the AKP nominee for Mayor of Istanbul in both the March 2019 and June 2019 Istanbul mayoral elections ( the latter of which occurred after the AKP had the March election annulled ) , losing both to CHP nominee Ekrem İmamoğlu , who he conceded defeat to and congratulated following the June 2019 election . 
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