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AKP candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin won the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor election. Days before the election, CHP Council Member Ekrem Baki was arrested.
CHP Council Member Ekrem Baki, who was arrested and sent to prison days before the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor elections, won by AKP's Dündar Ziya Gültekin, was released.
Lawyer Onur Cingil announced that Ekrem Baki was released on his social media account with the following statements:
“My dear colleague, the release of our Üsküdar and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council Member Ekrem Baki is the best news of today.
This order, which has become an arithmetic that the AKP Judiciary lets in whenever it wants and abandons it when it takes over the municipality, must change.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
There may be a legal objection or a new arrest request by the AKP upon the release of Ekrem Baki.
Possible · Within days

During the protest organized by retirees in front of the Constitutional Court in Ankara, retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu, after expressing his economic difficulties and financial difficulties, shot himself with a standard pistol and was seriously injured. Şekeroğlu, who was taken to the hospital, could not be saved despite the interventions. After the incident, representatives of many parties and non-governmental organizations reacted and criticized the government for the difficulties experienced by retirees.

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır attended the Turkey Century meetings in Kırklareli, summarized the investments and achievements made in the fields of education, health, transportation, agriculture and industry during the AK Party government, and also evaluated the fact that the localization rate in the defense industry had increased to over 80% and the geographical tensions in the region.
US President Donald Trump hosted his wife Melania Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at a tea party at the White House. Trump stated that the US and China have made extremely positive progress in the talks and that the future of the relationship will be even brighter. Expressing that the weight is perfect, Xi announced that the two leaders decided to establish a constructive relationship based on strategic stability and that they will meet in two separate summits in the remaining part of 2026.

US President Donald Trump hosted his wife Melania Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at a tea party at the White House. Trump stated that the talks made extremely positive progress for both countries and that the future of relations will be even brighter. Xi also emphasized that the balance was perfect and announced that the two leaders would meet at two separate summits in the remainder of 2026.

In his statement in front of Batman Municipality, CHP Deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu criticized the trustee practices that have been going on since 2009 and called for the will of the people to be respected and the elected mayors to be reinstated.

In the analysis published in The Economist magazine, it was stated that Türkiye is the strongest candidate that can fill the power vacuum that will arise with the decreasing influence of the USA in the Middle East. Türkiye's independent foreign policy and success in the defense industry were highlighted.