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Imamoglu faced immediate challenges to his victory - the electoral authorities annulled the vote and forced him out of office after the AK alleged irregularities in the voting process.

When he opened it, they placed the AK-47 on his chest and asked him for his name.

The sounds of helicopter gunfire and heavy machine guns signalled something more intense than the crackle of AK-47 that he normally heard.

A man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle waves us down an alley.

“I used to do security for a hotel in the city centre. I was armed with an AK-47 and was tasked with patting people down at the entrance.”