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ANKARA, June 27-- After Sunday's rerun elections for Istanbul mayor, the Turkish government is urged to focus on immediate economic issues, a core factor of the defeat to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party. The outcome of the polls saw the clear win of opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu in the country's largest city and economic hub after months of campaigning and controversy. Elections removed a main source of political uncertainty and market players hope that the government would now shift its attention to economic reforms. Erdogan already announced that he will now focus on matters of foreign policy and economy. He has a busy schedule ahead for economic diplomacy as he is traveling to Osaka, Japan for the G20 summit, and then to China to promote bilateral ties. Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to meet in Osaka on June 29 and 30, to discuss NATO member Turkey's Russian S-400 purchase and the threat of U.S. sanctions. Investors have held hopes that the leaders can find out a solution despite Ankara's repeated assertions that it will accept the delivery of the defense systems and avoid looming U.S. sanctions. "The fact that the (Istanbul) polls are now over is an important parameter, while other risks such as the S-400 issue still remain. Nevertheless, the government appears ready on tackling urgent economic agenda," Enver Erkan, an economist at GCM Yatirim, told Xinhua. | 
