Ataşehir passed to AK Party

Elections are being held today in two districts of Istanbul.

Within the scope of the corruption operations carried out in Eyüpsultan Municipality, Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was arrested on charges of "rigging tenders of public institutions or organizations", "taking bribes" and "being a member of an organization established for the purpose of committing crimes".

A second wave operation was carried out in Ataşehir Municipality and Deputy Mayor Murat Güneş was arrested.

NEW DEPUTY CHAIRMEN WILL BE ELECTED

Istanbul Governorship also determined the dates and times for the election of deputy mayors in Ataşehir and Eyüpsultan municipalities in accordance with the provisions of Article 45 of the Municipality Law No. 5393.

Ataşehir District Municipal Council convened today at 10:00 to elect the new deputy mayor.

NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF CHP WAS 17

Osman Terkan, one of NTV reporters, followed the elections.

Terkan stated that security measures were taken in front of the municipality and said, "38 members are expected to vote. There have been resignations from the CHP in the past days. The number of council members in the CHP has decreased to 17. Let us state that 3 people are limited. Let us state that 14 people can vote. In the People's Alliance, this number has increased to 18. 3 people are independent members." he said.

THE CANDIDATE OF THE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE

After the CHP group decided not to come to the hall, the voting process started with a single candidate.

In the session where 17 council members from CHP did not attend and 3 of these members had a restricted status, the required meeting quorum was achieved with 18 members of the People's Alliance and 3 independent members being present in the hall.

Thus, as a result of the voting that started with a total of 21 council members in the hall, Serdar Orhan, the candidate of the People's Alliance, entered the election as the only candidate.

Orhan became the new vice president by receiving 18 votes. Ataşehir passed to AK Party.

THIS IS THE SECOND ELECTION IN ATAŞEHİR

After the arrest of Mayor Onursal Adıgüzel, Ataşehir Municipality previously held a deputy mayor election and Murat Güneş was elected.

On September 29, Fatih Evliyaoğlu, Sinan Emrah Yıldırım, Mehmet Alver, Abdullah Aslan, Oğuz Sarul and Cengiz Kayayurt, who were elected to the Ataşehir Municipal Council from the CHP in the 2024 local elections, resigned from their parties and joined the AK Party.

ELECTION IN EYÜPSULTAN MUNICIPALITY

Eyüpsultan District Municipal Council will meet at 14.00 and elect a deputy chairman. There are 23 CHP members in the parliament and 14 People's Alliance members.