In Türkiye the triumph of the opposition in the local elections was recorded, with the republican party Chp which becomes the first political force in the country and confirms itself as Istanbul And Ankara, the two nerve centers of the country reconquered in 2019 after 25 years. The results of the vote constitute a severe blow for the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan: the Turkish leader had promised to bring the two metropolises back under the control of his party and spent himself in a non-stop electoral campaign which, however, did not have the desired effects. And Erdogan rules out early presidential elections.
They are currently 10 points behind in Istanbul between the outgoing mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the presidential candidate, Murat Kurum when the vote is now over 80%. A gap that immediately appeared evident and unbridgeable, we are just waiting for the speech Imamoglu to celebrate the victory. Unlike 5 years ago, the CHP also won in most districts of the metropolis on the Bosphorus, regaining after 30 years the very central Beyoglu.
The collapse of the president in Ankara
It got worse Erdogan to Ankarawhere the outgoing mayor Mansur Yavas repeated his 2019 success with a gap of 26 points over the challenger from the president’s AKP party and the count is still at 60%. The CHP has always won in the stronghold Izmirthe third city in the country and today’s success is not a surprise, as is the confirmation of the CHP in other large cities such as Adana and Mersinunlike the victory in Bursa, another large industrial center of the country where the AKP Erdogan has always won in the last elections.
They remain with the Turkish president the main centers of the Black Sea coast and a good part of central Anatolia, where, however, the CHP took some provinces away from the AKP and the nationalist opposition party Iyi imposed itself on Nevsehir. More surprises in Anatolia they came from the ultranationalists of the Great Union, Buyuk Birlikwho with a party that does not reach 2% conquered an important center like Sivas, while the religious party Refah took the province of Erdogan from Erdogan’s AKP Yozgat.
Waiting for the results of the provinces hit by the earthquake a year ago
There is anticipation for the results of the provinces affected by the earthquake of February 6, 2023, where it remains in the balance Hataybut Erdogan lost Adiyaman And Kilisi where the CHP is established Urfaa large province on the border with Syria. In the south-east with a Kurdish majority, the party wins almost everywhere Dem, acronym that replaced the party Hdpbut Erdogan’s AKP conquers the province of Sirnak and is also close to victory Bitlis. In the north west, another area with a strong Kurdish presence, the Dems lose the city of Karswhere they split and handed it over to the nationalists of MhpErdogan’s allies who also triumph in Erzincan.
The CHP wins in four provinces and in Tunceli5 years ago conquered by the communist party, the Dem. The bad news for Erdogan does not end here. The CHP becomes the first party with 37.13% of the preferences, after 25 years it exceeds the 27% threshold and is left behind the AKP of the president, who obtained 36.14% of the votes.
