LOCAL ELECTIONS 2024

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• Elections to be renewed in Halfeti 

  In the Halfeti district of Urfa, a renewal of Sunday’s municipal elections was ordered following an objection by the ruling AKP party.
• DEM Party dismantles the door of the mayor’s office in Akdeniz, Mersin  

  DEM Party co-mayors of Akdeniz Municipality, Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan, received the certificate of election and dismantled the door of the mayor’s office, saying, "We won together, we will govern together."
• Council of Judges and Prosecutors opens investigation on restoration of rights to mayor Zeydan  

  The Turkish justice system is being tough in the Abdullah Zeydan case. The Council of Judges and Prosecutors has opened an investigation into the court that restored the Kurdish politician's civil rights.
• DEM Party co-mayors enter municipalities with the people, putting an end to the trustee rule 

  The DEM Party municipal co-mayors who received their mandates, entered the municipalities with hundreds of people and put an end to the trustee rule.
• Van Co-Mayor Zeydan: Now it's time to serve 

  In his message of thanks, DEM Party Van Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Abdullah Zeydan said, "Now it is time to serve."
• Kışanak: Van's honorable resistance won 

  Imprisoned Kurdish politician Gültan Kışanak said: "Turkey has once again seen the importance of defending democracy, law, justice and the will of the people thanks to the honorable resistance of the people of Van."
• DEM Party Karakoçan co-mayors waiting to take over the municipality 

  DEM Party Karakoçan Municipality co-mayors took their certificates and went to the municipality, but the former AKP mayor had left.
• Van co-mayor Zeydan: No one will even think of usurping your will anymore 

  Speaking in Van on Wednesday night, co-mayor Abdullah Zeydan said: "No one will even think of usurping your will anymore."
• The resistance of the Van people ended the trustee period 

  Politicians, civil society representatives and lawyers who spoke after the YSK reinstated Abdullah Zeydan said that the trustee period ended with the resistance shown by the people of Van.
• Abdullah Zeydan of DEM Party reinstated as mayor of Van 

  The resistance from all over Turkey, especially in Kurdistan, yielded results. The Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) gave the certificate of election to the elected DEM Party Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Abdullah Zeydan.
• Saadet Party: The people of Van have made their decision 

  Temel Karamollaoğlu, Chairman of Saadet (Felicity) Party, reacted to the government’s usurpation of the will of the people in Van and said, "The people of Van have made their decision and elected their mayor."
• DEM Party exposes the real election results in Şırnak 

  DEM Party hung the real election results of the municipality of Şırnak, which was usurped through thousands of soldiers and police officers in the 31 March local elections, on a banner in its building.
• DEM Party wins again in Pirxus after recount of votes 

  Following the Yeni Refah Party's objection to the Pirxus elections, the DEM Party won again in the recounted votes.
• Young internationalist observers protest usurpation of will in Van 

  After the political coup in Van, internationalist election observers protested the usurpation of the will of citizens.
• DEM Party Amed calls on people to protest the coup in Van at 9pm every night on social media 

  The DEM Party Amed Provincial Organization called all the people of Kurdistan to protest against the coup attempt in Van with a voice action every night at 9pm.
• Protests against usurpation of will in Van continue in many cities  

  After the voters' will was again violated in the Kurdish provincial capital of Van, angry protests broke out in dozens of cities in Turkey. The police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets.
• DEM Party's Central Executive Board meets in Van today 

  DEM Party co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan, who went to Van to protest the AKP's election coup, said: "We will not accept this injustice." The party's Central Executive Board will hold an extraordinary meeting today.
• DEM Party Amed: The will of the people cannot be usurped 

  DEM Party Amed Provincial Organization said: "We warn those who want to usurp the will of our people that this will cannot be usurped" and called on everyone to show their democratic reaction against lawlessness in Van.
• KDC-F calls on international community to protest illegal dismissal of co-mayor of Van 

  The KDC-F issued a statement to alert the international community of the seriousness of the current political situation in Turkey, following the illegal dismissal of Van’s co-mayor Abdullah Zeydan.
• Call from French elected officials against usurpation of people's will in Van 

  French elected officials and party representatives condemned the AKP's attack in Van and called for solidarity with the elected mayors.
• DEM Party: We call on everyone to show solidarity against the coup in Van 

  The DEM party continues to protest against the appointment of the AKP's candidate as mayor of Van and calls on the Turkish government to respect the will of the people.
• European Parliament Turkey Rapporteur Sanchez Amor: The will of the people cannot be usurped! 

  The EU Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor said that the will of the people of Van cannot be usurped.
• CHP Chairman: Ignoring the will of the people of Van means setting a trap on it! 

  CHP Chairman Özgür Özel spoke about the usurpation of Abdullah Zeydan's certificate of election in Van saying: "Ignoring the will of the people of Van is setting a trap to it."
• Co-Mayors of Van Metropolitan Municipality: Stand up against this lawlessness 

  Stating that what is happening is absolute lawlessness, Van Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors said, "We expect everyone to stand up against this lawlessness because what is done to us today will be done to İzmir tomorrow."
• Sit-in protest in Şırnak: "The thieving AKP will be held accountable" 

  People in Şırnak started a sit-in against the usurpation of their will. DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar stated that AKP took the municipality administration by theft and said, "Our struggle will continue until the elections in Şırnak are renewed.