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A new election process started in the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye with the arrest of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer. After the arrest of the elected Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar, the deputy mayor election is being prepared again.
A new election process started in the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye with the arrest of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer.
After the arrest of the elected Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar, the deputy mayor election is being prepared again.
Accordingly, the extraordinary council meeting of the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye will be held on Thursday, October 15, at 14.30 at the InterContinental Grand Ankara Hotel in Ankara.
The candidate of the People's Alliance for the election in question has been announced.
Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tahir Büyükakın will compete for the People's Alliance.
Büyükakın thanked him in his post on his social media account and wrote:
"As the People's Alliance, we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder and produce services in unity and solidarity for both our Kocaeli and our country."

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