Tag: Elections
After voiding the initial results of the election in Istanbul, a new vote, and a referendum on Erdogan’s rule, takes place on 23 June It came as a surprise to many international observers when, on 31 ...
Here’s what it means for next month’s election rerun in İstanbul. On Monday, Turkey’s Higher Electoral Commission (YSK) finally made its long-anticipated decision about the Istanbul metropolitan mayoral election of March 31. The YSK accepted the electoral ...
Erdogan and his political rivals are not separated by an ideological disagreement, but by insatiable personal ambition “Everything will be fine” was the election slogan of opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu, who narrowly won the March ...
People protesting the order to rerun the mayoral election in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit Erdem Sahin/EPA, via Shutterstock His decision to rerun a municipal election his party lost in Istanbul shows a growing weakness. In his steady, 17-year ...
While European politicians have slammed decision to hold new vote after Erdogan’s party lost power in Istanbul, State Department only says it ‘takes note’ of development WAHINGTON – The Trump administration issued a statement on ...
(MENAFN – SomTribune) Turkey cancels the opposition’s victory in the Istanbul election. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems ready to win back the city by hook or by crook. BEFORE THE evening of May 6th, and ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest political battle is about much more than keeping one major city under his party’s control. Hours after Turkey’s top election watchdog accepted the ruling AK Party’s appeal to redo Istanbul’s ...
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s main opposition party on Wednesday appealed to the country’s top electoral body to annul local election results in Istanbul’s 39 districts, as well as last year’s presidential and parliamentary results, after ...
Has the Middle East lost its biggest democracy? Turkey’s election board canceled the result of a March 31 mayoral vote in Istanbul and will hold a new ballot next month. That tilts the balance toward an outcome favorable ...
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Last week’s retirement of the president of the Istanbul election board raised serious questions ahead of the crucial and controversial June 23 rerun of the mayoral vote in Turkey’s largest and most important city. In several rulings ...