Turkey Local Elections

Turkey Local Elections
Istanbul starts life under a new party and mayor

Istanbul starts life under a new party and mayor

Millions of Istanbul residents have chosen their new mayor. In an election rerun on Sunday, the opposition CHP's candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won against the ruling AK Party's candidate Binali Yildirim.

CHP candidate Imamoglu wins Istanbul rerun

CHP candidate Imamoglu wins Istanbul rerun

Turkey

According to unofficial results, the Republican People's Party candidate received just over 54 percent of the votes in Sunday's redo of the mayoral election, while Justice and Development (AK) Party's Binali Yildirim took just above 45 percent.

Istanbul elections confirm Turkish democracy’s strength

Istanbul elections confirm Turkish democracy’s strength

Turkey

Opposition CHP candidate, Ekrem Imamoglu, has won the rerun of metropolitan municipality elections against Binali Yildirim, a candidate of the AK Party.

Who is Ekrem Imamoglu — Istanbul's mayoral candidate?

Who is Ekrem Imamoglu — Istanbul's mayoral candidate?

Turkey

CHP’s candidate for Istanbul, the cultural and economic capital of Turkey, is facing the country's veteran politician and former prime minister Binali Yildirim.

PKK leader tells Kurds to stay neutral in Istanbul election

PKK leader tells Kurds to stay neutral in Istanbul election

Turkey

Turkey is holding a re-run of the mayoral election in Istanbul this Sunday, after the Supreme Election Council (YSK) ordered a rerun of the March 31 Istanbul polls over appeals filed by the country's governing AK Party.

Five main takeaways from the Istanbul mayoral election debate

Five main takeaways from the Istanbul mayoral election debate

Turkey

The two main candidates for the Istanbul mayoral election rerun on June 16, Binali Yildirim from the People’s Alliance and Ekrem Imamoglu from the Nation’s Alliance, faced-off in a televised debate on Sunday.

Istanbul's mayoral candidates spar on televised debate ahead of rerun vote

Istanbul's mayoral candidates spar on televised debate ahead of rerun vote

Turkey

People's Alliance candidate Binali Yildirim and National Alliance candidate Ekrem Imamoglu faced off in the first political debate in almost two decades ahead of the June 23 mayoral election rerun called by Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK).

Turkey's top election body justifies Istanbul revote

Turkey's top election body justifies Istanbul revote

Turkey

Invalid counting sheets, not deploying civil servants at polling centres are the ​main reasons cited for a revote of March polls.

Turkey's election board rejects Istanbul revote application

Turkey's election board rejects Istanbul revote application

Turkey

Turkish opposition CHP and IYI Party last week had filed an appeal to cancel poll results in all Istanbul districts.

Nine questions about the Istanbul mayoral election rerun

Nine questions about the Istanbul mayoral election rerun

Turkey

The Supreme Election Council of Turkey decided by a majority to rerun elections for the Istanbul Municipality. Over ten million citizens are eligible to vote in less than six weeks.

Istanbul’s Race for Mayor

Istanbul’s Race for Mayor

Senior officials from Turkey's ruling AK Party and the opposition CHP join the programme to debate the ruling to rerun Istanbul’s mayoral election. We debate whether the new vote is needed, and who will win.

Istanbul’s Election Redo

Istanbul’s Election Redo

Turkey's election commission ruled that Istanbul must redo a vote for mayor, after the ruling AK Party alleged election fraud. We look at why some say it was needed, while others argue it hurts the country’s democracy. #IstanbulElection #Turkey

Here’s why Istanbul is heading to the polls again

Here’s why Istanbul is heading to the polls again

People in Turkey’s biggest city, Istanbul, will vote for a second time on June 23 to choose their mayor after the Supreme Election Board (YSK) ordered a rerun of the polls. Here is why. #Istanbul #IstanbulElection #Turkey

Istanbul residents change holiday plans to vote in election rerun

Istanbul residents change holiday plans to vote in election rerun

Turkey

Airlines and travel agencies are allowing people to reschedule flights planned around that weekend for free and municipalities in some holiday resorts have even put out spoof warnings to discourage Istanbul residents from visiting on that weekend.

Turkey's opposition CHP seeks cancellation of 2018 presidential elections

Turkey's opposition CHP seeks cancellation of 2018 presidential elections

Turkey

Main opposition Republican People's Party also wants a rerun in all Istanbul district councils. It argues the same flaws which the governing AK Party said occurred during the Istanbul mayoral election apply to the 2018 presidential election.

Turkey's election council orders rerun of Istanbul mayoral election

Turkey's election council orders rerun of Istanbul mayoral election

Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) has called for a rerun of the mayoral election in Istanbul after AK Party and MHP objected to the initial results. #Istanbul #election #rerun

Nine questions about the Istanbul mayoral election rerun

Nine questions about the Istanbul mayoral election rerun

Turkey

The Supreme Election Council of Turkey decided by a majority to rerun elections for the Istanbul Municipality. Over ten million citizens are eligible to vote in less than six weeks.

Erdogan backs rerun of Istanbul vote as opposition meets to talk strategy

Erdogan backs rerun of Istanbul vote as opposition meets to talk strategy

Turkey

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he believes lawlessness and irregularities occurred in Istanbul mayoral elections. Opposition Republican People's Party says the decision to renew the vote is "neither democratic nor legitimate."

Lira weakens as Turkey's electoral council orders rerun of Istanbul poll

Lira weakens as Turkey's electoral council orders rerun of Istanbul poll

Turkey

The Turkish lira fell past 6.1 against the US dollar after the Supreme Election Council orders a rerun of Istanbul mayoral election for June 23.

Turkey's election body rules for Istanbul election rerun

Turkey's election body rules for Istanbul election rerun

Turkey

Rerun election to be held on June 23, says Supreme Election Council.

CHP's Ekrem Imamoglu becomes new Istanbul mayor

CHP's Ekrem Imamoglu becomes new Istanbul mayor

Turkey

Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) will continue to examine appeals from the governing Justice and Development Party on election irregularities after awarding the certificate of mayorship to Imamoglu, the Republican People's Party candidate.

How the AK Party made inroads in HDP strongholds in eastern Turkey

How the AK Party made inroads in HDP strongholds in eastern Turkey

Magazine

A low-key AK Party candidate won the recent local election in Cukurca, a border district in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish-populated region.

Turkey's mayoral polls still in legal process - election authority chief

Turkey's mayoral polls still in legal process - election authority chief

Turkey

Speaking to reporters, Sadi Guven, head of the Supreme Election Council (YSK), said that since the judicial process is continuing, he will not release any information on petitions, demands, and objections being currently considered.

Mansur Yavas is new Ankara mayor

Mansur Yavas is new Ankara mayor

Turkey

Opposition CHP's Yavas receives his certificate of election from Turkey's Supreme Election Council.

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