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‘Number of Women Neighborhood and Village Heads Increases by 72 Percent’

ASSOCIATION FOR SUPPORTING OF WOMEN CANDIDATES

‘Number of Women Neighborhood and Village Heads Increases by 72 Percent’

According to the figures announced by the Association for Supporting of Women Candidates (KA.DER), the number of women neighborhood and village heads has increased from 674 to 1,065 in March 31 local elections.

What are the Dissenting Opinions Against Justified Ruling on İstanbul Elections?

What are the Dissenting Opinions Against Justified Ruling on İstanbul Elections?

Four members of the Supreme Election Council (YSK), namely its Chair Sadi Güven, Cengiz Topraktaş, Kürşat Hamurcu and Yunus Aykın, have expressed dissenting opinion to the justified ruling on annulment of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral elections.

Supreme Election Council Announces Justified Ruling on Annulment of İstanbul Elections

Supreme Election Council Announces Justified Ruling on Annulment of İstanbul Elections

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has announced its justified ruling on the annulment of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral elections. The ruling has indicated that “when all objections are taken together, they constitute a justification to annul the elections.”

Justified Ruling Completed by Supreme Election Council, Dissenting Opinions Awaited

ANNULMENT OF ISTANBUL ELECTIONS

Justified Ruling Completed by Supreme Election Council, Dissenting Opinions Awaited

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has completed writing the justified ruling on the annulment of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral elections. The ruling will be shared with the public after the dissenting opinions are added.

‘They Look at Voters’ Appearances; If Seems Like Voting for AKP, They Don’t Give Voting Papers’

AKP’S YILDIRIM ON IRREGULARITY ALLEGATIONS IN İSTANBUL ELECTIONS

‘They Look at Voters’ Appearances; If Seems Like Voting for AKP, They Don’t Give Voting Papers’

Binali Yıldırım has tried to provide justification for the claim of stolen votes in İstanbul elections and said that the balloting committee chairs did not give the voting papers for the Metropolitan Municipality elections to those who seemed like pro-AKP voters.

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: Supreme Election Council Staged a Coup Against Nation’s Will

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: Supreme Election Council Staged a Coup Against Nation’s Will

Speaking to Küçükkaya from Fox TV, CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “I cannot trust the Supreme Election Council (YSK). It staged a coup against the nation’s will.” He has also added, “The whole world wonders on what grounds it annulled the elections.”

‘Legal and Judicial System Should Be Restored So That Economy Can Recover’

TÜSİAD HIGH ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR ÖZİLHAN

‘Legal and Judicial System Should Be Restored So That Economy Can Recover’

Speaking at Turkish Industry and Business Association’s High Advisory Board Meeting, Özilhan said, “If democracy operates, rule of law is ensured and education reform paving the way for critical thinking is introduced, our economy will perform better.”

From AKP’s Yıldırım to Artists Who Say ‘Everything Will Be Fine’: It Harms Their Career

From AKP’s Yıldırım to Artists Who Say ‘Everything Will Be Fine’: It Harms Their Career

Ruling AKP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor candidate Binali Yıldırım has stated that artists should treat everyone equally and it is not right for them to group together in one place.

Supreme Election Council Rejects Applications of CHP and İYİ Party

Supreme Election Council Rejects Applications of CHP and İYİ Party

Examining the applications of CHP and İYİ Party, which requested the complete annulment of İstanbul elections, the Supreme Election Council has unanimously rejected the applications. CHP also demanded the annulment of Presidential elections.

Ekrem İmamoğlu: They Campaign by Making Children Say ‘They Stole’

Ekrem İmamoğlu: They Campaign by Making Children Say ‘They Stole’

Ekrem İmamoğlu, CHP’s İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor candidate whose certificate of election has been revoked, has responded to AKP’s candidate Binali Yıldırım, who said, “Why were İstanbul elections annulled? Very simple. Because they stole.”

President and AKP Chair Erdoğan: Artists Don’t Flatter People of That Kind

President and AKP Chair Erdoğan: Artists Don’t Flatter People of That Kind

Attending the fast-breaking meal at Taksim Square in İstanbul, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has addressed the artists who supported İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor candidate İmamoğlu: “Artists speak with their art, they do not flatter people of that kind.”

From Erdoğan to CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: Do You Hide Behind Your Immunity?

From Erdoğan to CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: Do You Hide Behind Your Immunity?

Addressing main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has said that “his life is based on lies and smears” and added: “Do you hide behind your immunity? Then, request the abolition of your immunity.”

Mukhtars Discharged, Trustees Appointed in 10 Neighborhoods in Diyarbakır

Mukhtars Discharged, Trustees Appointed in 10 Neighborhoods in Diyarbakır

Ten mukhtars who won the local elections in the southeastern province have been discharged from posts on the ground of the continuing investigations and prosecutions against them.

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY HDP, CHP MPS

'Is the Duty of Presidential Archives to Profile Celebrities?'

Presidential Archives Chairperson Safi published the names of the celebrities who supported Ekrem İmamoğlu after the İstanbul local elections were annulled.

'A Black Mark in Our History of Democracy and Law'

BAR ASSOCIATIONS ON İSTANBUL ELECTION ANNULMENT

'A Black Mark in Our History of Democracy and Law'

Forty-nine bar associations have released a statement, denouncing the cancellation of the İstanbul local elections.

Öcalan's Lawyer: 'The Meeting Was Not Related to İstanbul Election Rerun'

Öcalan's Lawyer: 'The Meeting Was Not Related to İstanbul Election Rerun'

Attorney Sarıca responded to the claims that their meeting with the PKK leader for the first time in eight years was related to the repeat elections in İstanbul.

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HDP Brings İstanbul Election Rerun into Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Brings İstanbul Election Rerun into Parliamentary Agenda

The HDP Group Deputy Chairs have submitted a parliamentary question on the rejection of objections in the southeast and the annulment of the İstanbul election.

Presidential Archive Chair 'Recorded' Artists Who Said 'Everything Will be Fine'

Presidential Archive Chair 'Recorded' Artists Who Said 'Everything Will be Fine'

The artists supported İmamoğlu on social media after the İstanbul local elections was canceled.

CHP Appeals to Election Council, Requests Annulment of İstanbul and Presidential Elections

CHP Appeals to Election Council, Requests Annulment of İstanbul and Presidential Elections

Appealing to the Supreme Election Council (YSK), CHP Vice Chair Erkek has said, “If you annul the İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral Elections, then you also have to annul the local elections in 39 districts and June 24 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections.”

Felicity Party to Run in İstanbul Repeat Election

Felicity Party to Run in İstanbul Repeat Election

The party that comes from the same Islamic roots with the ruling AKP received more than 100 thousand votes in the canceled election, well over the gap between the two leading candidates.

Former President Gül, Former PM Davutoğlu Criticize İstanbul Election Annulment

Former President Gül, Former PM Davutoğlu Criticize İstanbul Election Annulment

Two prominent figures of the ruling AKP took to Twitter to blast the Supreme Election Council (YSK) verdict for a repeat election in İstanbul.

Mukhtar’s Certificate of Election Cancelled As His Prison Sentence for Child Abuse Upheld

Mukhtar’s Certificate of Election Cancelled As His Prison Sentence for Child Abuse Upheld

The prison sentence given to Topbaş, who was elected the head of a neighborhood (mukhtar) in Denizli in March 31 local elections, has been upheld by the court of appeal. Convicted of child abuse, Topbaş’s certificate of election has been cancelled.

Ekrem İmamoğlu: It is the Politicians Who Have to Know Their Place

Ekrem İmamoğlu: It is the Politicians Who Have to Know Their Place

İmamoğlu has addressed President Erdoğan, who said, “Know your place” to Industry and Business Association, which defined the rerun of İstanbul elections as “worrying”: “It is the politicians who have to know their place if they don’t fulfill their duty.”

CHP to Raise Objection of ‘Absolute Unlawfulness’ to Supreme Election Council

CHP to Raise Objection of ‘Absolute Unlawfulness’ to Supreme Election Council

CHP’s Representative to Supreme Election Council Yakupoğlu has stated that if there had been an unlawfulness in İstanbul elections, the whole election would have been cancelled and announced that they will make an objection of “absolute unlawfulness.”

From Erdoğan to Industry and Business Association TÜSİAD: Know Your Place

From Erdoğan to Industry and Business Association TÜSİAD: Know Your Place

The Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) has defined the rerun of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayorship Elections as “worrying,” to which President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has answered, “Everyone should know their place first.”

HDP Co-Chair On İstanbul Election Rerun: 'We will Do Tomorrow What We Did Yesterday'

HDP Co-Chair On İstanbul Election Rerun: 'We will Do Tomorrow What We Did Yesterday'

Temelli has said, "We set a strategy on March 31, changed the course of the politics. We strived to pave way for peace which Turkey is missing."

İstanbul Governor Appointed as Acting Mayor

İstanbul Governor Appointed as Acting Mayor

The Ministry of Interior has appointed Governor of İstanbul Ali Yerlikaya as the Deputy Mayor of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality after the Supreme Election Council (YSK) canceled İstanbul local elections.

CHP: There is no Boycott, We will Never Give up

CHP: There is no Boycott, We will Never Give up

Having an extraordinary meeting after the YSK ruled for rerun of Metropolitan Mayorship elections in İstanbul, the CHP Party Assembly has announced its decision: “There is no boycott.” Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu has also said, “We will never give up.”

Democratic Left, Communist and Felicity Parties Announce Support for İmamoğlu

İSTANBUL ELECTION RERUN

Democratic Left, Communist and Felicity Parties Announce Support for İmamoğlu

Candidates of the three parties received around ten times more votes than the difference between İmamoğlu and his AKP rival Yıldırım on March 31 local elections.

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener: We Completely Reject This Coup

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener: We Completely Reject This Coup

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener has spoken about the cancellation of İstanbul elections in the weekly group meeting of her party: “No one has the right to interfere in the rules of the judiciary and democracy. We completely reject this coup.”

İstanbul Election Rerun: Reactions from Europe

İstanbul Election Rerun: Reactions from Europe

European Union (EU) officials and politicians from Europe have criticized the Supreme Election Council (YSK) verdict for a rerun of İstanbul local elections.

Artists Denounce Cancellation of İstanbul Elections: ‘Everything Will Be Fine’

Artists Denounce Cancellation of İstanbul Elections: ‘Everything Will Be Fine’

After İmamoğlu said, “They say, ‘Artists don’t speak’, they will. Now, it is time to speak. You will see everything will be fine”, artists have denounced the ruling of the Supreme Election Council under the hashtag #herseycokguzelolacak (Everything will be fine).

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