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Turkey local elections thread : Any predictions , thought comments are welcome.



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Biggest surprise is that TKP (Turkey's Communist Party) will win the elections in Tunceli.
 
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Turkey local elections: Setback for Erdogan as his party loses capital

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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a blow in local elections, with his party losing control of the capital Ankara and an opposition party also claiming victory in Istanbul.

"If there are any shortcomings, it is our duty to correct them," he said.

"Starting tomorrow morning, we will begin our work to identify our shortcomings and make up for them."

The election came amid an economic downturn and was widely seen as a referendum on his leadership.

More than 57 million people in the country were registered to vote for mayors and councillors.
Mr Erdogan had previously said the poll was about the "survival" of the country and his party, which has dominated Turkish politics for 16 years.

What are the results?

Turkish media said the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Mansur Yavas had won a clear victory in Ankara.

However both the CHP and Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) claimed victory by a slender margins in Istanbul, the country's biggest city.

CHP candidate Ekrem Imamoglu said he had won by nearly 28,000 votes while the AKP said its candidate, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, was ahead by 4,000 votes.

Both candidates reportedly received more than 4m votes each.

The CHP also said it had held Izmir, Turkey's third largest city.

What has the reaction been?

"The people have voted in favour of democracy, they have chosen democracy," CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said.

Meanwhile Mr Erdogan, speaking to supporters in Ankara, hinted that the AKP may have lost control of Istanbul.

"Even if our people gave away the mayorship, they gave the districts to the AK Party," he said.

He vowed to focus his leadership on the Turkish economy ahead of national elections scheduled to take place in 2023.

Prominent journalist Rusen Cakir said the vote was "as historic as that of 1994", referring to the year Mr Erdogan was elected mayor of Istanbul.

"It is a declaration that a page that was opened 25 years ago is being turned," he said, according to Reuters.


You can read the rest here:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47764393
 
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whats the significance of this election?
 
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whats the significance of this election?

It would be nicer if some Turkish members would explain this and give us some inside perspective. After all this is what the forum is about. Instead i see so many silly propaganda threads about all sort of silly weapons made in turkey , but when something interesting and important like an election takes place , few bother to join the discussion and give us inside view.

From what I understood the significance of this election is a test to whether Erdogan ( who ruled Turkey for 13 years ) would have any challenges in the general election.

From the results i gather that him losing the majority in the big cities does give rise to such a possibility.

But again , it would be better if some Turkish member could explain this better.


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Erdogan first elected for Mayor of Istanbul Municipality in 1994. The political islamists hold that last 25 years. They have gained many more beside that. The motivation for people to vote them mostly
1-corruption
2-Secularists dont respect religious people and even mock them
3- 1997 military coup pave the way for them, military demolished political islamist party(REFAH-DYP coalision) and people reacted against them later, in 2002.
4-Turkey faced serious economical crises in 2001, all current political parties(that time) wiped out. at the same time AKP just established and gained lots of free votes.
5- Erdogan got jailed 4 months for reading a poem, it was actually a psychological operation to polish him. Leftist people constantly claimed that he can never get any official job anymore because of that punishment. They spread that propaganda constantly. of course when they saying that east minded people reacted and they voted his party in 2002.
6- AKP won November 2002 general election, Abdullah Gul become PM, after months Erdogan become PM in March 2003 with help of very secular and leftist party CHP(?). they were same people to applaud Erdogan punishment in jail. very interesting right?
7- Military coup danger for AKP hardened their position in Turkish peoples eye, many non-conservatives supported them until 2010. Newspapers published serious coup plans against government, people supported them.
8- When he defeat internal threats he opened international area.,
9- He somehow become co-Chairman of Greater Middle East Project in 2006 with President of US Mr. Junior Bush, he declarated it on TVs. People didnt know what he was talking about.
10- To polish him in international area , there was a plan on DAVOS with president of Israel S.PERES. he reacted him and suddenly become a hero(!) of all muslims. He apologized just 30 minutes after that speech but nobody hear this part, because he become our hero.
11- Anything against israel would be very beneficial for him . They prepared a plan called MAVI MARMARA. it was basically political move rather than aid. Military offered some warship escort to prevent more escalation, AKP rejected it. but israelies were already declarated to intervene for the ship. result 10 people died. but Erdogan become more popular. Btw Turkish image got serious damage cause AKP didnt reacted seriously. All hints shows the plan was prepared with Israelies from the beginning.
12- Greater Middle East project started, all countries in the region faced serious thread even Turkey. He talks about "survivability" for Turkey anymore and expect more votes for him(!), as if someone else created that problem.
13- in late 2013 , Turkish police got serious evidence about corruption of AKP, all police officers that took part in the operation are jailed.noone remember them anymore.
14- AKP made a fake Coup Detat against own government in 2016, they demolished almost all ARMY, police and many civil servants. but no country around world believed to them. only some countries that they paid for.
15- all wealth of nation sold for international groups, agriculture and farming finished , Turkey imports many foods anymore. Imports controls only by AKP members(like iran right?). AKP created its own economy in the country.

so.... AKP lost major cities, economy going down, currency going down, they probably wouldnt survive in next election. Political islam is chit, they only do "exploitation", they dont practice islam but pretending to be.

in this forum especially Pakistanis has great love for Erdogan that i can never understand, he is not the man what you think, he is a trouble maker, and still crushing this great country.
 
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