Arrest “Imam Oglu”; Boomrangi that hit Erdogan

href = “https://www.mehrnews.com”> Mehr News Agency , International Group : There is a famous statement in Turkish political sphere that says, “Anyone who wins the Istanbul election will win the Turkish presidency.” This statement illustrates the high importance of the elections in Istanbul and its impact on the Turkish presidential ballot box.

This sentence also has an objective example; Erdogan, who has been the head of the Ankara government since 2008, became the head of Istanbul in 2008 by the vote of the people, and the Turkish people were essentially empowered by Erdogan’s AKP because of his good performance in the municipality.

Istanbul municipal elections just point out that the Istanbul municipality’s budget is much more than 5 other Turkish cities and more than 2 billion lira ($ 1.5 billion) in the year, while Ankara’s budget was $ 1.2 billion.

The ruling party had a strong and non-competitor presence in the Istanbul municipal elections and was able to rely on this important position for five years, but in the year, a politician named Akram Imam Khulan, who was supported by the Party of Party. Registered in the elections and the alarm was sounded for the AKP.

Erdogan, who saw a power seat in Istanbul, assigned a mission to Yilderim (former Turkish Prime Minister) to run in the elections, but his desired result was not able to end the election by winning the election. Imamoglu took good steps in urban development (urban transport development, green space development, improved urban services and refurbishment) during the five years of tenure in the Istanbul Municipality and was able to defeat the AKP nominee in March and nominate Erdogan as the loser of the election.

, but during the two Istanbul municipal elections (1 and 2) important events took place and shook Erdogan’s foundations over Turkey. The first event was the presidential election to the second round and the shakeness of Erdogan’s position among the people. He was able to win more than 2 % of the vote and become president in one stage, this time won 2 % of the vote and won the second round of the election by the coalition of the other two parties.

Another important event was a major transformation in the Republican Party. The young members of the party, who have always been critical of the poor performance of Kamal Ghulichdaroglu (the opposition leader and the failed candidate in the election), dropped him down the presidency and replaced him with Ozgur Ozel (an ardent opponent of Erdogan). They believed that if Erdogan’s 5 -year -old Imamoglui, with a brilliant record in Istanbul’s municipality, was certain, Erdogan’s defeat would have been certain.

With these events, a new lineage was formed in Turkish politics. On one side of the field, Ardogani was less and less due to the government’s weakness in improving people’s livelihoods and restricting freedom of expression, and on the other hand Imam Oglui stood more supportive by his constructive actions in Istanbul and serving all spectrum.

But today Turkey’s political space has become more fragile and a severe bipolar in society; Four days after the Republican Party’s internal election {which resulted in a definitive candidate for Akram Imamoglu for the presidential election} Turkish police arrested the mayor of Istanbul and accused the prosecutor of collaborating with the PKK terrorist group and the creation of a group of economic corruption and corruption. The result is the result of protests against Erdogan and the Turkish judicial system in major cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Trabzon and Izmir.

Istanbul University also deprived the mayor’s degree for absence and obvious misconduct during the student period and deprived him of nomination for the presidency, because the academic degree is a constitutional condition for the Turkish election.

Now the question that arises in public opinion is why Istanbul’s judiciary has filed a lawsuit against him within four days of the Presidential Party election and the official announcement of Imamoglu’s candidacy, and has assisted him to help terrorism.

Türkiye’s political future can be predicted. First, the Turkish judiciary condemns Imamoglu to the charges mentioned and imprisoned him or deprived him of political activities for several years, in which case the Republican Party will nominate any candidates for the election, and this political affiliate will have a sharp reduction in public participation (about 2 %).

The second forecast is to eliminate the charge of the Istanbul mayor, in which case he will be in the election and could be a fierce competitor for Erdogan, even defeating him and ending the AKP rule over Türkiye. The second option seems to be far from reality and the fate of Imamoglu to end prison or political deprivation.

Erdogan will be the loser of the policy chess page; The arrest of Istanbul mayor by Erdogan’s judicial system has an effect; Boomerang does not hit Erdogan’s opposition party, but it will deal with Erdogan and the ruling party.

Musa Dadashzadeh, Turkish political affairs expert