LOCAL ELECTIONS 2024

Latest News

• Report on international election observation in Turkey published 

  At the invitation of the DEM Party, 125 people from Europe observed the local elections in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan on 31 March. The observation delegation has published a report on their findings.
• Co-Mayor of Tatvan: We will rebuild a transparent and participatory municipality 

  Co-Mayor of Tatvan Municipality, Mümin Erol, stated that the municipality has a debt of nearly 1 billion 500 thousand TL and said that all real estate has been sold by the trustee administration.
• Co-mayor Asya Gezer finally moves into the town hall 

  In Dargeçit, after eight years of forced AKP administration, Asya Gezer, a co-mayor elected by the people, finally moved into the town hall again.
• Co-mayors of Lice receive their certificate of election 

  The co-mayors of Lice Municipality, which the DEM Party won with the highest rate in the 31 March elections, received their certificate of election and entered the municipality building with hundreds of people.
• YSK President: Elections will be held again in 4 places on 2 June 

  YSK President Ahmet Yener said that the extraordinary objection process would end on 14 April and announced that the elections in 4 places would be held again on 2 June.
• DEM Party co-mayors in Kulp and Ziyaret receive their certificates of election 

  DEM Party co-mayors, who won Kulp district municipality with a difference of four thousand votes despite the AKP-MHP government's fraud of voter transport, received their certificates of election. Co-mayors in Ziyaret town also received their certificate.
• Trustee appointed to Hilvan before rerun of elections on 2 June 

  Hilvan District Governor Orhan Gazi Karakaş was appointed as trustee to the municipality where the DEM Party won, but then the decision was made to rerun the elections.
• Halfeti: The trustee left a debt of 400 million  

  After taking office, the co-mayor of Halfeti, Saniye Bayram, found a local government that had been plundered by the trustee. The mountain of debt is over 400 million Turkish lira. The town hall's camera system was also stolen.
• CHP fails with appeal against election results in Hatay 

  The CHP has failed in its appeal to the highest electoral authority against the results of the local elections in Hatay despite allegations that votes from dead people were received in the province.
• Co-mayor of Iğdır: We will thank the people with service 

  Iğdır Municipality Co-Mayor Necla Kum stated that the people embraced their will at any cost and stressed that they would thank the people with service.
• Amed co-mayor Bucak: We will rebuild our city 

  Amed Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Serra Bucak said: "We will put an end to all the destruction caused by the trustees and work with our people in all areas. We will start a rebuilding process in our city."
• Co-Mayor of Kızıltepe: They did not even leave a seat to welcome our guests! 

  Kızıltepe Co-Mayor Hamdiye Bilek Turgay, who took office after receiving her mandate, said, "They did not even leave a seat to welcome our guests. There are no vehicles belonging to the municipality."
• People and co-mayors enter the municipality building in Amed 

  Co-Mayors of Amed Metropolitan Municipality received their certificate of election and entered the municipality building with thousands of people. Co-mayors greeted the victory of the people.
• ‘One out of every two people in Şırnak on election day was a soldier or policeman’ 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları made a statement regarding the irregularities in the elections in Şırnak province and said "One out of every two people present in Şırnak on election day was a soldier or a policeman."
• Elections will not be renewed in Halfeti, Siverek and Ürgüp 

  YSK cancelled the decisions for a renewal of the elections in Halfeti and Siverek districts of Urfa and Ürgüp district of Nevşehir.
• 7 AKP members arrested for burning ballot papers in Hilvan 

  7 relatives of AKP candidate Aslan Ali Bayık were arrested for burning ballot papers in the Hilvan district of Urfa.
• Elections to be renewed in Siverek 

  The Provincial Election Board decided to renew the elections in Siverek, Urfa upon the objection of Yeniden Refah (New Welfare) Party.
• 'We will take Hilvan again’ 

  In Hilvan, where the elections are to be held again, Co-Mayor Garip Yeşil of DEM Party stated that they would not give up, they would resist and take Hilvan again.
• Bakırhan: Resistance and solidarity won in Van 

  DEM Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan said that resistance and solidarity gained in Van and that “86 million people had an alliance in supporting the Van resistance. With the same resistance and solidarity, we will thwart the usurpations in other provinces."
• DEM party objects to Provincial Election Council decision to rerun elections in Halfeti 

  The DEM party objected to the Provincial Election Council decision to rerun the elections in Halfeti.
• YSK rejects DEM Party's objections for Kars, Çukurca, Baykan, Dihê, and Hilvan 

  The YSK rejected DEM Party's objections for Kars, Çukurca, Baykan, Dihê, and Hilvan.
• YSK: Court decision on Zeydan is devoid of legal value 

  In its reasoned decision on Abdullah Zeydan, the Supreme Election Board stated that the court decision to strip him of his civil rights was "devoid of legal value and null and void" and that Zeydan was qualified to stand for election.
• Co-mayors of Van take office: The resisting people won 

  Van Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Neslihan Şedal and Abdullah Zeydan took office, emphasising that the winner was the resisting people.
• DEM Party applies to YSK for cancellation and renewal of elections in Kars 

  The DEM Party applied to the YSK for the cancelation and renewal of the elections in Kars, where irregularities were disclosed as thousands of voters came from outside.
• DEM Party removes X-ray device and wires at Viranşehir Municipality 

  DEM Party co-mayors who won the municipality in Viranşehir district of Urfa removed the X-ray device and the wires surrounding the municipality and said "Municipality is the people's house."