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March 31 local elections

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Joint Press Conference by Kılıçdaroğlu and Akşener
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
Joint Press Conference by Kılıçdaroğlu and Akşener
The chairs of the main opposition CHP and its ally İYİ Party have held a press conference ahead of the election authority's meeting on the ruling AKP's appeal against the results in İstanbul, where it lost in the local elections to CHP according to the unofficial results.
10 April 2019
Investigation Against Polling Clerks in Kartal and Kadıköy in İstanbul
Investigation Against Polling Clerks in Kartal and Kadıköy in İstanbul
An investigation has been launched against polling clerks in Kartal and Kadıköy for allegedly committing irregularities in counting and documenting votes cast in local elections. The clerks face the charges of “misconduct” and “falsifying election results.”
10 April 2019
AKP Raises Extraordinary Objection to Local Election Results in Büyükçekmece, İstanbul
AKP Raises Extraordinary Objection to Local Election Results in Büyükçekmece, İstanbul
AKP has submitted a petition to İstanbul Provincial Election Council, requesting that elections be cancelled and re-elections be held in Büyükçekmece, İstanbul. The party has also demanded the cancellation of district Mayor Akgün’s certificate of election.
10 April 2019
‘Ahmet Türk is Not Given His Certificate of Election as a Delaying Tactic’
AHMET TÜRK’S ADVISOR ENVER ETE
‘Ahmet Türk is Not Given His Certificate of Election as a Delaying Tactic’
Enver Ete, the advisor of Ahmet Türk who has been elected as the Metropolitan Mayor of Mardin according to unofficial election results: “They don’t want re-election, what they want is to take the mayorship from Türk and give it to the candidate of AKP."
10 April 2019 Hikmet Adal
İmamoğlu on ‘Re-Election’ Discussions: This Process is Now Harming İstanbul
İmamoğlu on ‘Re-Election’ Discussions: This Process is Now Harming İstanbul
Ekrem İmamoğlu, Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial election results, has commented on ‘re-election’ discussions: “The result doesn’t change after all these counts. This process has really exhausted İstanbul and is now harming it.”
9 April 2019
Petition: We Call on Supreme Election Council to Be Impartial and Fair
Petition: We Call on Supreme Election Council to Be Impartial and Fair
A petition has been launched, calling Supreme Election Council (YSK) to be impartial and fair: "YSK has to be an institution that treats everyone equally and fairly, whose decisions do not contradict with each other and that has no double standards in practice.”
9 April 2019
Demirtaş: Election Result A 'Total Fiasco' for AKP-MHP Bloc
Demirtaş: Election Result A 'Total Fiasco' for AKP-MHP Bloc
HDP's imprisoned former co-chair has said, "This is the success of the HDP, it would be wrong to view it as my success," on the March 31 local elections.
9 April 2019
Examination by Police in Büyükçekmece Upon 'Fake Voters’ Allegation of AKP
Examination by Police in Büyükçekmece Upon 'Fake Voters’ Allegation of AKP
Upon the allegation that “the residential addresses of 11 thousand 186 people were moved to Büyükçekmece, İstanbul before the local elections,” police officers have launched an examination in the addresses in question in Büyükçekmece.
9 April 2019
Election Council Rejects AKP’s Request for Recounting All Votes in 31 Districts in İstanbul
Election Council Rejects AKP’s Request for Recounting All Votes in 31 Districts in İstanbul
The ruling AKP previously appealed to the Supreme Election Council, requesting that all votes cast in 31 districts in İstanbul be counted again and elections be cancelled in Büyükçekmece. The council has rejected the AKP's request regarding 31 districts.
9 April 2019
İmamoğlu: They Celebrated With 3 Thousand Votes, They Should at Least Question it
‘95 PERCENT RECOUNTED, MARGIN IS 15 THOUSAND 500’
İmamoğlu: They Celebrated With 3 Thousand Votes, They Should at Least Question it
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial election results, has responded to President and AKP Chair Erdoğan, who said, “No one has the right to put on air as if he won the elections with a margin of 13-14 thousand votes.”
8 April 2019
CHP Formally Applies for İstanbul Mandate
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
CHP Formally Applies for İstanbul Mandate
CHP İstanbul Provincial Chairpersonship has made a formal application at the Provincial Election Council for its mayoral candidate İmamoğlu to be mandated.
8 April 2019
Metropolitan Mayors of İzmir and Ankara Receive Their Certificates of Election
Metropolitan Mayors of İzmir and Ankara Receive Their Certificates of Election
Tunç Soyer and Mansur Yavaş, who have been elected as the Metropolitan Mayors of İzmir and Ankara from the Nation Alliance, have received their certificates of election.
8 April 2019
Latest Result in İstanbul Election Recount: Opposition Candidate Ahead by 15,823 Votes
Latest Result in İstanbul Election Recount: Opposition Candidate Ahead by 15,823 Votes
In İstanbul, the opposition's candidate İmamoğlu is ahead of his AKP rival Yıldırım by 15,823 votes, with recount being completed in the 90 percent of the ballot boxes.
8 April 2019
‘We are Faced With an Erdoğan Who Carried 1980 Coup Leader Evren a League Further’
İYİ PARTY CHAIR AKŞENER
‘We are Faced With an Erdoğan Who Carried 1980 Coup Leader Evren a League Further’
CHP and İYİ Party leaders Kılıçdaroğlu and Akşener have held a joint statement for the press. Drawing a parallel between Erdoğan and 1980 coup leader Kenan Evren, Akşener said, “We are faced with an Erdoğan who has carried Evren a league further.”
8 April 2019
'In America, Elections are Repeated if There is One Percent Problematic Votes'
ERDOĞAN ON İSTANBUL LOCAL ELECTIONS
'In America, Elections are Repeated if There is One Percent Problematic Votes'
President Erdoğan has said, "There is theft at the ballot box," and "The irregularities are not few, it is almost wholly irregular," on the vote recounts in İstanbul districts, and added, “Hereafter, this is the judicial process.”
8 April 2019
Governorship Bans Assemblies, Marches and Demonstrations for 12 Days in Kars
Governorship Bans Assemblies, Marches and Demonstrations for 12 Days in Kars
The Governorship of Kars, where the candidate of the HDP has won the local elections, has announced that all assemblies, marches and demonstrations have been banned for 12 days. Similar bans were previously introduced in Muş, Iğdır and Hakkari.
8 April 2019
Supreme Election Council Rejects HDP’s Request for Recounting of Votes in Muş
Supreme Election Council Rejects HDP’s Request for Recounting of Votes in Muş
HDP has announced that Supreme Election Council has rejected its request for recounting of votes in Muş, where there is a margin of 538 votes. Co-Mayor candidate Sakık said, "Council hastily rejected the request. This people will not forgive you.”
8 April 2019
AKP Applies for Recount of All Votes in İstanbul; İmamoğlu: Margin is 16,386 Votes
AKP Applies for Recount of All Votes in İstanbul; İmamoğlu: Margin is 16,386 Votes
AKP has appealed to the Supreme Election Council, demanding that all votes cast in İstanbul be recounted. Making a statement in response, Ekrem İmamoğlu has stated, “I understand their sorrow and struggle, but you are harming the country.”
8 April 2019
CHP's İmamoğlu: 'I will Lean on 16 Million People'
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
CHP's İmamoğlu: 'I will Lean on 16 Million People'
The main opposition candidate for İstanbul mayorship has responded to President Erdoğan, who said, "If the elected mayor does not have a municipal council to lean on, he or she cannot get budget.
5 April 2019
Erdoğan: If Elected Mayors Have No Municipal Councils to Lean on, They Cannot Get Budget
Erdoğan: If Elected Mayors Have No Municipal Councils to Lean on, They Cannot Get Budget
Making a statement on local elections, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “We have the majority in municipal councils in İstanbul and Ankara. If the elected mayor does not have a municipal council to lean on, he or she cannot get budget.”
5 April 2019
Investigations Against Diyarbakır's Elected Co-Mayors
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
Investigations Against Diyarbakır's Elected Co-Mayors
Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched a "terrorism investigation" against the city's elected co-mayors Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, Hülya Alaökmen and MP Berdan Öztürk from HDP.
5 April 2019
Binali Yıldırım: Margin Falls to 18 Thousand Votes, We Think That It Will Change
Binali Yıldırım: Margin Falls to 18 Thousand Votes, We Think That It Will Change
Binali Yıldırım, the candidate of People’s Alliance for Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, has stated, “The margin of votes has fallen to around 18 thousand. We are of the opinion that when the counting is completed, things will change.”
5 April 2019
AKP's Appeal of Cancellation in Büyükçekmece District Rejected
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
AKP's Appeal of Cancellation in Büyükçekmece District Rejected
An appeal by AKP for the cancellation of the elections in the district of Büyükçekmece in İstanbul has been rejected by the Provincial Election Council. Commenting on that, CHP has claimed that AKP "intends to steal the elections."
5 April 2019
Dersim's Elected Mayor Maçoğlu Gets Mandate
Dersim's Elected Mayor Maçoğlu Gets Mandate
Mehmet Maçoğlu, who has been elected Dersim Mayor as the candidate of the TKP, has got his mandate. After the ceremony in front of the municipality building, he will take the office from the trustee.
5 April 2019
İmamoğlu Shares Latest Data on Local Election in İstanbul: Margin is 18 Thousand 742
İmamoğlu Shares Latest Data on Local Election in İstanbul: Margin is 18 Thousand 742
According to the latest data shared by Ekrem İmamoğlu, the candidate of the Nation Alliance for Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, İmamoğlu is ahead of Binali Yıldırım, the candidate of People’s Alliance, with a margin of 18 thousand 742 votes.
5 April 2019
Council of Europe: Recounting Thousands of Votes Inevitably Raises Questions
Council of Europe: Recounting Thousands of Votes Inevitably Raises Questions
Releasing a statement, the Bureau of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has stated, “When challenges are made relating to many thousands of votes, questions inevitably arise about the integrity of election process.”
5 April 2019
CHP's İmamoğlu Refutes AKP Claims: 'Difference in İstanbul is 19,552'
CHP's İmamoğlu Refutes AKP Claims: 'Difference in İstanbul is 19,552'
The opposition's candidate for İstanbul has responded to AKP's claims that it gained 11,109 more votes after the recount, saying that he is ahead of the AKP candidate Yıldırım by 19,552 votes.
4 April 2019
HDP MP Paylan: Not a Single Objection by HDP is Accepted Throughout Turkey
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
HDP MP Paylan: Not a Single Objection by HDP is Accepted Throughout Turkey
Paylan asks, "If we were ahead of AKP by 3 votes in if they objected to these results, would the objections be accepted or not?"
4 April 2019 Ekin Karaca
Scenes from the Aftermath of March 31 Local Elections Across Turkey
Scenes from the Aftermath of March 31 Local Elections Across Turkey
A different face of March 31 Local Elections in Turkey: A village head taking down the children’s park after not being elected for another term, a mayor burning his office chair after being elected, a mayor having his office door removed…
4 April 2019
Tension Between Turkey and US Over F-35 Jets and Local Elections
Tension Between Turkey and US Over F-35 Jets and Local Elections
While the tension between Turkey and the US over the S-400 defense missile system and F-35 jets has been mounting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey has responded to the call made by the US “to accept local election results."
4 April 2019
Communist Party's Winning Candidate Not Given Mandate Because of 'Security Problem'
Communist Party's Winning Candidate Not Given Mandate Because of 'Security Problem'
Mehmet Fatih Maçoğlu, who has been elected Mayor of Dersim as the candidate of the Communist Party of Turkey, has not been given the mandate on the ground of "a security problem." Election Council later said he will be given mandate tomorrow.
4 April 2019
CHP: 21 İstanbul Districts to Recount Votes
2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS
CHP: 21 İstanbul Districts to Recount Votes
The main opposition party's Spokesperson Öztrak has announced that 21 districts in İstanbul will recount votes after objections. AKP İstanbul MP Çamlı has said that the recount has been completed in Fatih district.
4 April 2019
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