Turkish municipal elections; Erdogan heard the voice of the people

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, local and municipal elections in Turkey were held on Sunday. which brought interesting results.

In this election, where 61 million were eligible to vote, more than 78% participated.

Erdogan made a lot of efforts during the last two months to Advertisements for his party’s mayoral candidates, especially in the cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, to take these cities out of the hands of the People’s Republic Party, but not only failed, but also lost other cities, so that the People’s Republic Party won for the first time after the year 1977 and about 5 decades, by taking 15 out of 32 cities, becoming the first party in Turkey. In this election, the Justice and Development Party, the National Movement Party, and the Good Party received less votes than the previous period. And he left the coalition of the president and, in disbelief, he managed to get 6% of the votes, which includes a metropolis and several small towns. It can be said that the welfare party again got its votes from the Islamists and the body of the ruling party. The conservatives who were disappointed with the economic situation and Erdogan’s domestic and foreign policies and were looking for a change in the country’s situation within the framework of Islamism, the Welfare Party responded positively to this demand. He appeared very weak in this period and while he usually had about 10% of the votes of the community, in this period he won about 4% of the votes, which is a heavy defeat for Actionner and his party, and it is expected considering the losses made in party, he should resign from his position.

Kurdish party DEM also had a 4% drop compared to the previous period by winning 6% of votes.

People’s Republic Party won a valuable victory and in Most of the big cities were able to get a mayor. In Istanbul, which is the main fortress and the hope of the presidency, Akram Imamoglu was able to win more votes than the previous period and in addition to the previous 14 regions, he also won 12 regions, so that out of the total 39 regions of this province, 26 regions are in the hands of the People’s Republic Party. be In Ankara, Mansour Yovash strengthened his foothold with a double decisive victory over his rival (60% of the votes). 37% of the votes were obtained, which is unprecedented since the 70s. After this defeat, Erdogan said that he heard the nation’s message through the ballot box and said: March 31 is a turning point for us. . Unfortunately, we failed the local election test and did not get the result we expected. We evaluate the results of the elections and boldly pursue self-criticism.

The municipal elections were very important in two aspects and became a turning point in the political sphere of Turkey: First, the opposition party has more confidence in the future. will act and stand in front of Erdoğan’s actions, and secondly, this result will reflect abroad and can stop Erdoğan’s adventures in the region and make him focus on the inside and correct his political and economic approaches.