When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan realized that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) would lose the last local elections, he was preparing for any outcome. In this respect RIA News said St. Turkologist Associate Professor Alexey Obraztsov from St. Petersburg State University and Higher School of Economics.
In local elections in Turkey, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) showed the best results, including in the key city of Istanbul, where CHP supporter Ekrem İmamoğlu remained as mayor.
Political scientist Obraztsov notes that he did not object to the results of the elections, in which Erdogan’s AKP was defeated and received only 11 mayoral posts in the capital’s municipalities.
“CHP had good positions before. Actually, Erdoğan has nothing to worry about yet. He solved the problems quite skillfully after the 2023 earthquake, but later the party condemned him for ignoring the problems of immigrants. Accordingly, the president also discussed this issue, but he did not have time, and this was the result,” Obraztsov said.
In front of this man organized Shots were opened near the house of an opposition mayor in Turkey.
Previously President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commented local election results.