FILE PHOTO: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, re-elected on Sunday, greets his supporters after receiving mayortal certificate in front of the Caglayan Courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - Istanbul is banking on its experience in hosting major international sports events and the city's iconic brand, stretching across two continents, as it bids to land the 2036 summer Olympics, Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Friday.
The Turkish metropolis that connects Europe with Asia has been an Olympic Games candidate city four times without success but Imamoglu said that experience was now invaluable. One more time it was an applicant city but failed to get into the candidate stage.
