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Deputy Mayor Election in Adalar Municipality: No Results in the First Round

Following the dismissal of Ali Ercan Akpolat by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Parliament convened to elect a new vice president to replace Medine Pamuk, who resigned.

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Adalar Municipal Council convened to elect a new name to replace the deputy mayor, Medine Pamuk, who resigned due to health problems.
In the first round of voting, which was postponed due to the absence of CHP members, the AK Party candidate received 5 votes and the CHP candidate received 4 votes.

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Adalar Mayor Ali Ercan Akpolat was arrested on 23 June, and Medine Pamuk, who was elected as his replacement, resigned on 14 September due to health problems.

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Prince Islands Mayor Ali Ercan Akpolat was arrested on June 23 on allegations of "establishing an organization to commit a crime" and "taking bribes" within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. After Akpolat was suspended from office by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Medine Pamuk was elected as deputy mayor in the elections held in the Islands Municipal Council on June 27. Pamuk, who served for a while, resigned from his position on September 14 due to health problems.

It was announced by the Istanbul Governorship that the new vice president election will be held on September 21 at 09:00.

Since CHP council members did not participate in the deputy chairman election held the previous day, an absolute majority could not be achieved. Thereupon, the election was postponed to 10:00 today. While the AK Party group nominated Kemal Türkyılmaz, CHP's candidate was Aytül Ekşiyan.

The first round of the vice president election has been completed. In the round in which 9 council members voted, AK Party's candidate Kemal Türkyılmaz received 5 votes, and CHP's candidate Aytül Ekşiyan received 4 votes. Since the deputy chairman could not be determined, the second round of voting started.