The new Finnish parliament has three winners: women, young politicians and nationalist and populist Finns party. The election last Sunday showed also that the population in this 5, 5 million people nation is much divided especially in questions of immigration and climate change.

President Erdoğan has commented on the local elections the economic situation, saying that the seven elections in five years "imposed a heavy burden on the economy."

The main opposition party's chair Kılıçdaroğlu has said that the Supreme Election Council's decision to not mandate winning mayors who were previously discharged from public service is "against democracy and the rule of law."

Dilara Şenkaya has followed and photographed the arrival of Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu in municipality building in Saraçhane after receiving his certificate of election from the İstanbul Provincial Election Council.

Teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was previously arrested on charge of “terror propaganda” for having said in a TV program “Don’t let children die and mothers cry” and whose execution of sentence was suspended after her release, has been imprisoned again.

Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu has said, “We will not treat people differently based on their ethnic backgrounds, races or religious sects. I am saluting the Muslims, Sunnis, Alevis, Christians of this city, I am saluting everyone.”

While Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu was on his way to courthouse to receive his certificate of election, the request of the ruling AKP for cancellation of local elections in Maltepe, İstanbul has been rejected by the Provincial Election Council.

İstanbul mayor-elect Ekrem İmamoğlu has finally got his mandate as mayor 17 days after the local elections.

The main opposition has filed a complaint against AKP officials for "deceiving formal institutions with misstatements." Meanwhile, AKP Deputy Chair said they will continue to appeal because "even if there is nothing, something definitely happened" in the elections.

Speaking about the investigation launched against police officers who examined the scene of incident where 11-year-old Rabia Naz suspiciously died, lawyer Kılıç said, “Someone has to explain to me why the prosecutor’s office has waited so long.”

Council of Europe Secretary General Jagland has criticized the election body not recognizing the winning candidates who were previously discharged from public service upon a statutory decree.

The main opposition CHP has announced that it won the election for the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality by a margin of 13,781 votes. Mayor-elect İmamoğlu has said, "At the moment the joint minutes are written, this means we assumed office."