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AKP candidate won the deputy mayor election in Üsküdar Municipality

AKP candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin won the re-election for deputy mayor in Üsküdar Municipality after AKP's objection.

uskudar municipality Sibel Tan Çetkaya Dundar Ziya Gultekin

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The deputy mayoral election won by the CHP candidate in Üsküdar Municipality was renewed following the objection of the AKP and the status of the council members.
AKP candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who received 23 votes in the fourth round, became the new deputy chairman.

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The deputy mayor election won by the CHP candidate in Üsküdar Municipality was renewed upon objection.

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A new election was held today in Üsküdar Municipality, after the AKP's objection to the deputy mayorship, which CHP candidate Sibel Tan Çetinkaya won with 22 votes, was accepted.

Although there were 21 members of the AKP-MHP alliance and 23 members of the CHP and YENİ Parties in the Parliament, 21 people from both groups voted due to the arrest of two CHP members. CHP candidate Sibel Tan Çetinkaya and People's Alliance candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin competed in the election.

In the first round of the election, AKP's candidate Gültekin received 21 votes and CHP's candidate Çetinkaya received 19 votes. 2 votes were deemed invalid. In the second round, Gültekin got 22 and Çetinkaya got 20. Dündar Ziya Gültekin completed the third lap ahead. Gültekin received 23 votes and Çetinkaya received 19 votes.

AKP member Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who received 23 votes in the fourth round, became the new deputy mayor of the municipality.

Muharrem İnce, CHP's presidential candidate in 2018, reacted to the election in Üsküdar on his social media account. İnce used the following statements:

"Arrest the Mayor of Üsküdar, transfer the council members, detain those who could not be transferred, and then say 'we won the municipality' as a result of the 4th round. This is not winning, this is usurping both the municipality and the will of the nation. This nation will see this, and will hold them accountable at the ballot box!"