The results of the municipal elections in Turkey exceeded the expectations of the opposition and turned into a political earthquake. This was stated by Hakan Aksay, an expert on Russian-Turkish relations. RIA News.
“This election is full of surprises. The opposition was assertive and intended to perform more successfully than in May, but the current result is far above the expectations of the opposition and below the expectations of the authorities. These elections have turned into a political earthquake, even a tsunami, for Turkey,” he said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan statedHe said that his party and government would correct the mistakes detected in the municipal elections, in which the Justice and Development Party lost significant voter support, in the next 4-5 years.
Also Erdogan aforementionedHe said that his party did not get the results it wanted in the last municipal elections.
evening of March 31 reportedIt was stated that the current mayors of Ankara and Istanbul, the opposition Mansur Yavaş and Ekrem İmamoğlu, continued their mayoral duties following the results of the local elections held in Turkey. After 17 percent of the protocols were counted in the ballot boxes, İmamoğlu received 58.7 percent of the citizens’ votes and the Institution received 37.7 percent.
Previously Erdogan statedFrequent elections tired the Turks.