20 minutes agoAfter winning Istanbul, opposition targets new elections in all of Turkey
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The loss of the ruling party in Turkey, in Istanbul's re-registered elections, could pave the way for early elections and also end President Recep Tayip Erdogan's rule. At least that's what the opposition Republican People's Party thinks. Perhaps new elections could be held now. It is definitely a point [...]
At least that's what the opposition Republican People's Party thinks.
Perhaps new elections could be held now. It is definitely a turning point for Turkey and democracy in the country”, says opposition MP Kader Sevinc.
“We have begun counting backwards for Erdogan's rule”, it adds, noting that all major cities in Turkey are now headed by the opposition.
Ekrem Imamoglu, of the Republican People's Party, received 54.21 per cent of the vote in Istanbul City Hall elections Sunday, an even deeper victory compared to that of three months ago.
Erdogan's Justice and Development called for re-reservation of the elections, after complaining of irregularities in March. Imamoglu's victory has now broken decades of governance of Turkey's largest city, by Erdogan's party.
He, who has ruled Turkey since 2003, originally as prime minister and later as president, has been mayor of the city in the 1990s and has said in the past that anyone who wins Istanbul wins Turkey, the TCC follows.
Now, Erdogan has congratulated on the victory of Imamoglu, and has also made his candidate, Binali Yildirim. Now for the opposition, everything has changed and that in 2023, when the next elections are held, Turkey will be a completely different country.
