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After Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, who was serving as the President of TBB, was arrested and suspended from his duty, it was decided to hold a deputy mayor election.
The Union of Municipalities of Türkiye (TBB) Vice President election was held in Ankara to elect a deputy mayor to replace Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, who was arrested and suspended from duty. As a result of the election, it is wondered who won. So, who won the Turkish Municipalities Union election? Is the TBB election over?
WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES IN THE TURKISH UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES ELECTION?
Before the election, NEW Party nominated Ayşe Ünlüce, while CHP Spokesperson Müslim Sarı announced that his party would not nominate a candidate. AKP's candidate was Tahir Büyükakın.
WHO WON THE TURKISH UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES ELECTION?
Since no results were obtained in the third round, the election was left to the last round.
In the Deputy Chairman election held in the TBB Assembly, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ayşe Ünlüce was elected as the Deputy Chairman of TBB by receiving 417 votes.
WHY WAS THE TURKISH UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES ELECTION HELD?
After Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, who was serving as the President of TBB, was arrested and suspended from his duty, it was decided to hold a deputy mayor election.
WHO ARE THE FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF Türkiye?
1 - Aytaç Durak - 28 September 2005 - 28 May 2009
2 - Kadir Topbaş - 28 May 2009 - 22 September 2017
3 - Tahir Akyürek - 22 September 2017 - 26 April 2018
4 - Fatma Şahin - 26 April 2018 - 31 May 2023
5 - Yücel Yılmaz - 31 May 2023 - 5 June 2024
6 - Ekrem İmamoğlu - 5 June 2024 - 23 March 2025
By proxy - Zeydan Karalar - 23 March 2025 - 9 July 2025
By proxy - Vahap Seçer - 16 July 2025 - 2 May 2026

Istanbul Governor Davut Gül announced on his social media account that the Minister Kurum gave information about the work carried out in the crisis center. In the statement, it was stated that Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ömer Bulut, 1st Army and Istanbul Garrison Commander General Bahtiyar Ersay, Deputy Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Nuri Aslan, district mayors and their deputies, provincial directors and representatives of relevant institutions attended the meeting held at AFAD Provincial Center, where the latest situation in Istanbul and the work in the regions affected by the heavy rain were evaluated.

After the arrest and suspension of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, the TBB Assembly convened for the election of deputy mayor. Ayşe Ünlüce and Tahir Büyükakın nominated. As a result of four rounds of voting, Ünlüce was elected as the Vice President of TBB with 417 votes.

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and Presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu announced his defense in the IMM Case, which involved 436 defendants and 53 detainees. NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel stated that İmamoğlu greeted his family, friends and supporters after the hearing, said 'everything will be fine' and wished them success in Saturday's election.

The Union of Municipalities of Türkiye Union Council held a deputy chairman election due to the arrest of former chairman Vahap Seçer. Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ayşe Ünlüce from the YENİ Party, supported by the CHP, defeated Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tahir Büyükakın from the AKP in the election. Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş stated that the distribution of support to municipalities is fair and emphasized that the will of the people will be protected at the ballot box.

Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi announced that 1 citizen died of electric shock and 2 citizens died of drowning as a result of the rains in Istanbul. He also stated that a total of 6 citizens were reported missing, 5 in Istanbul and 1 in Kocaeli, and that search and rescue teams were continuing their work. A building collapsed in Sapanca Feyziye neighborhood, but there was no loss of life. While AFAD and governorships provided coordination, 12 thousand 372 reports were received and 7 thousand 456 were intervened. 3 thousand 55 citizens stranded across Istanbul were rescued. Citizens were given security warnings against floods and floods.
Spain's Central Electoral Commission (JEC) launched an investigation into Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's alleged use of public resources for election purposes at the press conference he held after the Council of Ministers meeting. It is stated that Sanchez may face the risk of a fine of between 300 and 3 thousand euros. The complainant, the People's Party (PP), claims that Sanchez committed legal violations in the previous 6 election processes and was fined a total of 6,600 euros.