The big competition between supporters and opponents of Erdogan in Istanbul

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party have nominated a person for the candidacy of the mayor of Istanbul, who is not considered a shining star, and apparently Erdogan’s supporters do not have much hope for the possibility of his victory.

After waiting for a long time, the task of the election competition in Istanbul became clear, and according to Erdogan’s direct decision, a young engineer named Murad Korum is running as the main rival of Akram Imamoglu.

The engineer, who was previously the Minister of Housing and Urban Development for a term and has a long track record in the field of housing management, but according to Turkish political analysts, he is a person who does not have the ability to speak, stir up the squares and influence the audience. Akram Imamoglu is known as a politician who is originally from the Black Sea regions of Turkey and is known as a warm-hearted, popular and eloquent person who, in addition to his 5-year experience as a municipality and macro-management, has political intelligence and a lot of fame.

From Prime Minister to Minister

The city of Istanbul is important to Erdoğan and he always says: “I learned politics in this city and during the time I was the mayor of this city, I turned a huge garbage dump into a beautiful and magnificent city.”

Erdogan sent his most important friend and friend of Garmaba and Golestan, Bin Ali Yildirim, to the election field in the 2019 elections, and the millions of advertising expenses for him made everyone’s voices heard. But in utter disbelief, Yıldırım failed.

This failure cost the president so much that he asked the Supreme Election Council to cancel the elections in Istanbul!

p dir=”RTL”>Sadi Govan, who placed his political prestige and prestige on the implementation of this order, accepted Erdogan’s order and the people voted again, but this time, Imamoglu won more votes than the first time, and Yildirim, with a heavy defeat. , went home.

Yıldırım, as a founding member of Akparty and having the records of the Minister of Roads and Transport, the Prime Minister of Turkey and the leadership of the Justice and Development Party, lost the game to Imamoğlu and now Erdoğan nominated a person who is much weaker than Yıldırım. Why?

Morad Yetkin, one of the famous Turkish journalists, said in response to this question: “We live in a Turkey where wherever we go, no one but Erdogan is present!” Even the candidates must somehow be a replica of him! He made it so that even powerful technocrats and bureaucrats must vote with Erdogan’s brand!” There is no powerful person left in his hands who can defeat Imamoglu easily.

It was because Erdoğan was looking for a person whose victory in the upcoming elections is 100% guaranteed. But it still did not work. Contrary to the suggestion of some advisers, he refused to spend the Minister of Interior Yerli Kaya or his son-in-law Seljuk Birgdar and finally introduced a coin that it is difficult to “win” him and it will cost money to “win” him.

All facilities of the government and the party at the service of Quorum

media Under the order of Justice and Development Party, they have started a wide campaign for the victory of Murad Kurum. Victory in Istanbul is of vital importance for Erdogan personally, and for this reason, he has ordered all party and government facilities to be at his service. have said: “Istanbul will achieve its purpose”. Here, Murad is the name of the candidate supported by Erdogan and reminiscent of the name of Sultan Murad Osmani, as well as a metaphor for achieving the dream of happiness and prosperity in Istanbul. Because according to the media of the ruling party, from the day that Akram Bey became the mayor, misery and filth have covered Istanbul!

Ahmed Hakan, editor of Hurriyet newspaper and one of the very close analysts He wrote to Erdoğan yesterday about Murad Kurum: “Besides some important advantages, he also has some disadvantages. For example, we don’t know if he can control his nerves against the opponents’ attack? Is he argumentative? no one knows Can he generate sympathy? we will see. Is he a person who is present in the streets and markets and creates storms? It must be seen”. Because Korum’s speech was as if he was responding to Hakan’s article. He said: “I have several important principles: one, I will never get involved in controversy. Two, I will not be confined to a room and an office, and you will always see me on the street. Third, I am not a fan of alienation and discrimination, and we will work for everyone.

Morad Kurum, an engineer supported by Erdogan, has many opponents and one of the most important and famous opposition media is Suzjo newspaper. A newspaper with 400,000 copies printed and published per day holds the title of the most widely circulated newspaper in Turkey and is one of the most important platforms for Kemalists and nationalists critical of Erdogan.

In the photo and headline of the front page, it introduced Murad Kurum as a person who betrayed the people and environment of Istanbul.

This newspaper wrote: “Who made Istanbul concrete?” choked Isn’t Korum the same person who built hundreds of huge towers in sensitive areas of Istanbul during his ministry? Isn’t he the one who smothered Istanbul in concrete and gave permission to projects that have practically blocked the flow of air in several densely populated neighborhoods?”

Unknown factors

In 2019, Imamoglu, in addition to the support of the People’s Republic Party, the support of pro-Ocalan Kurds, the party Nationalist moral action and communists also had. But in this election period, it is not clear whether he will have those supports or not. This is one of the influential and important factors that cannot be definitively commented on at the moment.

Another important issue that can affect the fate of Istanbul elections is that Erdoğan’s team He asked the Policy Council of the Justice and Development Party to let Korum win anyway and prevent Imamoglu from becoming mayor. As a result, it is not clear whether the use of legal tricks to try Imamoglu and remove him, or the tactics of securing the election environment, will be used or not.

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