2024 local elections

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DEM Party Diyarbakır candidate: I advocate for a family where women are not killed

DEM Party Diyarbakır candidate: I advocate for a family where women are not killed

DEM Party's co-mayoral candidate for Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, Serra Bucak, targeted due to her social media posts, states, "I advocate for an equal family against the family designed by the state where women are killed and children are abused."

29 February 2024

DEM co-leader responds to speculations of cooperation with AKP

DEM co-leader responds to speculations of cooperation with AKP

“If the AKP says they want to solve the Kurdish issue democratically, we would sit down with them again. But this has nothing to do with elections,” said Tuncer Bakırhan.

21 February 2024

CHP renominates Hatay mayor

CHP renominates Hatay mayor

Mayor Lütfü Savaş faced opposition from within the party due to his perceived responsibility in the destruction in the city following the earthquakes.

20 February 2024

Animal rights groups: 'The 'stray' ones are not the dogs, but the leaders'

Animal rights groups: 'The 'stray' ones are not the dogs, but the leaders'

"We see that animals, who have no crime except being born, are labeled as 'stray,' declared enemies, and the hate speech, which is the biggest reason for the situation we are in, is fueled by authorities themselves," says the Right to Live Initiative.

19 February 2024

DEM Party unveils 'women's manifesto' for local elections

DEM Party unveils 'women's manifesto' for local elections

"DEM Party is the only party advocating gender equality. Co-chairpersonship and equal representation are absent in any other party," said Hatimoğulları.

19 February 2024

Who is Meral Danış Beştaş?

Who is Meral Danış Beştaş?

People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Erzurum Deputy Meral Danış Beştaş became her party's co-mayoral candidate for İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality in the local elections on March 31.

9 February 2024

DEM Party's İstanbul candidates are Meral Danış Beştaş and Murat Çepni

DEM Party's İstanbul candidates are Meral Danış Beştaş and Murat Çepni

DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan announced the municipal mayoral candidates of her party. Doğan announced that Meral Danış Beştaş and Murat Çepni are the candidates for İstanbul, stating, "Our decision is not a gesture to some and a challenge to others."

9 February 2024

DEM Party will compete in the local elections with its own candidate in İstanbul

DEM Party will compete in the local elections with its own candidate in İstanbul

People's Equality and Democracy Party Spokesperson, Journalist Ayşegül Doğan, announced that the İstanbul candidates will be finalized by February 9 and said, "Now, it's DEM's turn for İstanbul."

5 February 2024

DEM Party official addresses İstanbul mayoral candidacy talks by Başak Demirtaş

DEM Party official addresses İstanbul mayoral candidacy talks by Başak Demirtaş

Başak Demirtaş has recently said she would like to run for mayor of İstanbul as the candidate of the pro-Kurdish DEM Party.

31 January 2024

Good Party alleges CHP blocked billboard campaign for elections

Good Party alleges CHP blocked billboard campaign for elections

The alliance between the two leading opposition parties had come to an end after their defeat in the general elections in May.

31 January 2024

Kurdish journalist and mayoral candidate taken into custody

Kurdish journalist and mayoral candidate taken into custody

Safiye Alağaş is running for co-mayor of Siirt for the DEM Party.

29 January 2024

AKP's İstanbul candidate reveals promises

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AKP's İstanbul candidate reveals promises

The planned İstanbul canal has not been included in Murat Kurum's promises.

25 January 2024

Good Party names İstanbul candidate in setback for main opposition

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Good Party names İstanbul candidate in setback for main opposition

The party's decision could prove crucial for the outcome of the mayoral elections in İstanbul and Ankara.

24 January 2024

DEM Party to file a criminal complaint regarding 51 thousand 'illegal or fictitious voters'

DEM Party to file a criminal complaint regarding 51 thousand 'illegal or fictitious voters'

DEM Party Co-Chairperson Tuncer Bakırhan addressed irregularities before the local elections, stating, "We will file a criminal complaint against the 51 thousand illegal imaginary voters that will cause us to lose the election in many centers."

23 January 2024

Pro-Kurdish DEM Party still deliberating on İstanbul mayoral candidacy

Pro-Kurdish DEM Party still deliberating on İstanbul mayoral candidacy

DEM and CHP have been in talks for cooperation in the local elections to repeat the strategy that defeated Erdoğan’s AKP in 2019.

23 January 2024

Survey: Voters want DEM Party to contest in İstanbul election

Survey: Voters want DEM Party to contest in İstanbul election

Selahattin Demirtaş's spouse Başak Demirtaş is the favorite candidate of the DEM Party voters, according to a new survey.

22 January 2024

Survey shows fragmented political landscape ahead of local polls

Survey shows fragmented political landscape ahead of local polls

Both the ruling party an the main opposition party are losing support according to a survey conducted in late December.

Erdoğan announces former minister Murat Kurum as rival of İmamoğlu in İstanbul

Erdoğan announces former minister Murat Kurum as rival of İmamoğlu in İstanbul

Justice and Development Party has finalized its candidates for the mayors of 12 metropolitan cities and 15 provinces. The candidates for other provinces will be announced on January 15.

KA.DER to political parties ahead of local elections: Include women candidates

KA.DER to political parties ahead of local elections: Include women candidates

The association raised the question, "Should we be pleased that out of 600 members in the parliament, reaching the 'highest' number in the history of the Republic, 119 are women?"

22 December 2023

YSK announces adjusted voting hours for some provinces

YSK announces adjusted voting hours for some provinces

Based on evaluations of sunrise and sunset times, the voting hours in several provinces have been adjusted to 07:00-16:00:

20 December 2023

Women's Coalition calls for gender equality in local administrations ahead of elections

Women's Coalition calls for gender equality in local administrations ahead of elections

The coalition called on all political parties to ensure gender equality when determining their candidates.

20 December 2023

HEDEP leader challenges 'trustees' to run for mayor

HEDEP leader challenges 'trustees' to run for mayor

“In the upcoming elections, we will bury this trustee system in the ballot box. We will send the trustee back to their hometown, to the Palace," said Bakırhan.

1 December 2023

Turkey is one country with strongest traces of political polarization

Turkey is one country with strongest traces of political polarization

We spoke with Prof. Pınar Uyan Semerci, the Director of İstanbul Bilgi University Centre for Migration Research, about the atmosphere in which the upcoming local elections will take place.

15 November 2023

Cracks in Turkey's opposition could secure local election revenge for Erdoğan

Cracks in Turkey's opposition could secure local election revenge for Erdoğan

The idea of forming the broadest coalition possible to defeat Erdoğan suffered a serious blow in the dual elections in May, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.

15 September 2023 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

CHP leader backs Mansur Yavaş for re-election as Ankara mayor

CHP leader backs Mansur Yavaş for re-election as Ankara mayor

Yavaş, who defeated the AKP candidate and ended the 25-year rule of conservatives in the capital city, had announced his intention to run for re-election.

11 September 2023

Ankara mayor announces intent to seek re-election

Ankara mayor announces intent to seek re-election

In the 2019 local elections, Yavaş managed to end the 25-year rule of the ruling party and its predecessors in the capital city.

İstanbul mayor signals re-run in upcoming local elections

İstanbul mayor signals re-run in upcoming local elections

Following the defeat in the general elections, Ekrem İmamoğlu, a leading figure "change" movement in the main opposition party, indicated that he is embarking on a mission to "defend İstanbul" ahead of the local elections.

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