Local elections in Turkey 2014
In the 2014 local elections in Turkey ( Turkish 2014 Mahallî İdareler Genel Seçimleri ), the local governments, city councils and mayors were elected on March 30, 2014. The ruling AKP won the election on allegations of manipulation - according to the OSCE, there were serious doubts about compliance with democratic standards.
background
It was the 15th local elections in the history of the Republic of Turkey ; the first democratic multi-party elections took place under the state founder Mustafa Kemal Pascha (Ataturk) with the local elections in 1930 . The 14th local elections took place on March 29, 2009.
The elections should be brought forward to October 27, 2013 by a joint resolution of the Islamic-conservative Party for Justice and Recovery (AKP) and the right-wing extremist Party of the Nationalist Movement (MHP) in order to avoid an election campaign that would be difficult in the winter months. A majority of the Kemalist- Social Democratic Republican People's Party (CHP) opposed this decision on the grounds that October 26th, 27th and 29th were important holidays in connection with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. She proposed that the elections be held on November 3, 2013. In the absence of an agreement in good time before the election date, the local elections took place on March 30, 2014 as originally planned.
The election campaign was marked by demonstrations since 2013 (from Taksim Gezi Park and Taksim Square in Istanbul), since December from a corruption scandal and the attempt Erdogan , the press freedom in Turkey refine. On the basis of "Law Number 5651" of November 23, 2007, several thousand Internet pages were blocked (each with the approval of the court). Erdoğan closed Fethullah Gülen’s private schools in Turkey , which also met with very strong opposition from the Gülen movement . The political situation was also characterized by a slowdown in the economy, the falling rate of the Turkish lira and capital flight .
Voting
A total of 52,695,832 citizens were asked to vote. Of these, women made up 26,704,757 votes, while men made up 25,991,075 voters.
Eligible voters who live in a large city had five votes:
- Lord Mayor
- District Mayor
- City council
- Provincial Parliament
- Muhtar
Eligible voters residing in a city had four votes:
- mayor
- City council
- Provincial Parliament
- Muhtar
Eligible voters who live in a village had two votes:
- Provincial Parliament
- Muhtar
Result
Overall result
26 parties and independent candidates took part in the election:
| Urns | Voting | valid votes |
Percent turnout |
Eligible voters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194.310 | 46,924,877 | 44,866,446 | 89.19 | 52,695,832 |
Provincial Parliaments
The 1251 members of the 81 provincial parliaments were elected. In addition to the 26 parties, 74 independent candidates ran.
| Art | number |
|---|---|
| Ballot boxes | 50,601 |
| Eligible voters | 11,904,853 |
| Votes cast | 10,552,213 |
| Of which valid | 10.175.026 |
| voter turnout | 88.64% |
The seats won per party were in detail:
| Political party | Seats |
|---|---|
| ACP | 779 |
| MHP | 174 |
| CHP | 159 |
| BDP | 128 |
| SP | 5 |
| BBP | 4th |
| HDP | 1 |
| CPM | 1 |
Mayor of provincial capitals and county mayor
A total of 1351 mayor's offices were available for election. These include the mayors of the provincial capitals, the district mayors, the district mayors in the big city municipalities and all other places with more than 5000 inhabitants.
| Art | number |
|---|---|
| Ballot boxes | 172.328 |
| Eligible voters | 48.724.241 |
| Votes cast | 43,459,938 |
| Of which valid | 41,619,798 |
| voter turnout | 89.20% |
The offices won per party were in detail:
| Political party | mayor |
|---|---|
| ACP | 800 |
| CHP | 226 |
| MHP | 166 |
| BDP | 97 |
| SP | 27 |
| DP | 14th |
| BBP | 6th |
| DSP | 5 |
| HAK-PAR | 1 |
| LDP | 1 |
| MP | 1 |
| ÖDP | 1 |
| CPM | 1 |
| Independent | 5 |
City Council members
20,498 city council posts were vacant. In addition to the parties, 180 non-party candidates also ran.
| Art | number |
|---|---|
| Ballot boxes | 172,749 |
| Eligible voters | 48.843.157 |
| Votes cast | 43,543,717 |
| Of which valid | 41,527,387 |
| voter turnout | 89.15% |
The seats won per party were in detail:
| Political party | mayor |
|---|---|
| ACP | 10,530 |
| CHP | 4.161 |
| MHP | 3,501 |
| BDP | 1,432 |
| SP | 411 |
| BBP | 165 |
| DP | 164 |
| DSP | 66 |
| LDP | 12 |
| HDP | 9 |
| BTP | 8th |
| HAK-PAR | 6th |
| HÜDA-PAR | 6th |
| MP | 6th |
| CPM | 6th |
| İP | 4th |
| ÖDP | 4th |
| EMEP | 2 |
| Independent | 5 |
Lord Mayor of major cities
There are 30 major cities in Turkey. In addition to the election of a mayor for the individual districts, a mayor was also elected. In addition to the parties, a total of 55 independent candidates ran for election. A total of 40,727,194 people were called to elect a mayor. At the 143,076 ballot boxes, with a turnout of 89.48%, 34,913,716 valid votes were cast. The AKP won 18 cities, followed by the CHP with 6, the MHP with 3, the BDP with 2 and an independent winner.
| city | Lord Mayor | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| Adana | Hüseyin Sözlü | MHP |
| Ankara | Melih Gokcek | ACP |
| Antalya | Menderes door | ACP |
| Aydın | Özlem Çerçioğlu | CHP |
| Balikesir | Ahmet Edip Uğur | ACP |
| Bursa | Recep Altepe | ACP |
| Denizli | Osman Zolan | ACP |
| Diyarbakır | Validan Kışanak | BDP |
| Erzurum | Mehmet Sekmen | ACP |
| Eskişehir | Yılmaz Büyükerşen | CHP |
| Gaziantep | Fatma Şahin | ACP |
| Istanbul | Kadir Topbaş | ACP |
| Izmir | Aziz Kocaoğlu | CHP |
| Hatay | Lütfü Savaş | CHP |
| Kahramanmaraş | Fatih Mehmet Erkoç | ACP |
| Kayseri | Mehmet Özhaseki | ACP |
| Kocaeli | İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu | ACP |
| Konya | Tahir Akyürek | ACP |
| Malatya | Ahmet Çakır | ACP |
| Manisa | Cengiz Ergun | MHP |
| Mardin | Ahmet Turk | |
| Mersin | Burhanettin Kocamaz | MHP |
| Muğla | Osman Gürün | CHP |
| Ordu | Enver Yılmaz | ACP |
| Sakarya | Zeki Tocoğlu | ACP |
| Samsun | Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz | ACP |
| Şanlıurfa | Celalettin Güvenc | ACP |
| Tekirdağ | Kadir Albayrak | CHP |
| Trabzon | Orhan Fevzi Gümrükçüoğlu | ACP |
| Van | Bekir Kaya | BDP |
Controversies and objections to the election results
There were several irregularities in the counting of votes. Thus, in the Osmaniye province ballot for CHP and MHP discovered in the trash. Their candidates complained to the supreme electoral commission and filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office. The challengers in Istanbul and Ankara asked for the votes to be recounted.
The High Electoral Committee canceled the elections in Güroymak (Bitlis Province) and Serinova (Muş Province). The election in the provincial capital Ağrı , where the BDP candidate Sırrı Sakık was only 10 votes ahead, was also canceled . In mid-April, the election committee decided to repeat the elections in Mahmudiye in Eskişehir province . Here the CHP candidate had just won by eleven votes. In total, the elections were repeated in two provincial capitals (Ağrı, Yalova ), seven district towns ( İlçe merkezi ) and five municipalities ( Belde ) on June 1, 2014.
A Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) came to the conclusion that “there are considerable doubts about compliance with democratic standards”. Based on the experience gained in these local elections, the OSCE intends to send election observers to Turkey in future, for the first time in the 2014 presidential election .
Trivia
- For the city of Bulancak near Giresun , Can Çavuşoğlu has for the first time been an openly gay person as a candidate for mayor.
- The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) presented in Istanbul district of Bakırköy with Nerses Yeramyan and Elmas Giragos two Christian Armenians on.
- The Jewish origins Aydın Rozental was from the Liberal Democratic Party set up as a candidate for the mayor of Istanbul.
- The nephew of the Islamist politician Necmettin Erbakan , Sabri Erbakan, stood for election in Fatih for the Kemalist Republican People's Party (CHP).
- The daylight saving time clock changeover was postponed to a day later especially for the local elections. H. the clocks were changed on the night of Sunday March 30th to Monday March 31st to avoid confusion if the change was missed.
- The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) will provide the first mayor in the history of the country to openly appear as a communist in Ovacık in the Alevi province of Tunceli .
- The only independent candidate (due to a “political ban”) and winner of a provincial capital is Ahmet Türk in Mardin .
- In the city of Cizre , Leyla Îmret (BDP) was won by a 26-year-old hairdresser from Bremen who was born in Cizre and grew up in Germany since she was seven.
- The Saadet Partisi candidate for the city of Tillo Behmen Aydın, who was just inferior to the AKP candidate, was shot dead in front of his house the day after the election.
- In this election a total of 26 members of parliament stood for the election of a mayor's office. The successful candidates had to choose between the offices of MP or mayor 15 days after the official election results were published.
- The BDP transferred the system of party dual leadership to its mayor ( Başkan ) and provided each one with an assistant of equal rank (tr: Eşbaşkan). The Lord Mayor of Diyarbakır Validan Kışanak as Eşbaşkan Fırat Anlı is at the side. The practice was ruled illegal by a court.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The OSCE puts Turkey under observation. Retrieved June 29, 2014 .
- ↑ CHP AK Parti'ye yerel seçim için tarih önerdi. In: Milliyet . September 6, 2012, accessed September 6, 2012 .
- ↑ full text (Turkish)
- ↑ Turkey: The race of blocking orders on the Internet , beck.de
- ↑ Turkey: How Erdogan gags the press , spiegel.de, February 9, 2014
- ↑ Turkey cannot stop capital flight. , handelsblatt.com, January 29, 2014
- ↑ Official result of the city elections, on www.ysk.gov.tr
- ↑ opposition ballots found in trash bags in southern Turkey , Hurriyet Daily News , April 1, 2014
- ↑ CHP's Istanbul candidate Mustafa Sarıgül demands total recount of votes , Hürriyet Daily News, April 1, 2014
- ↑ Ağrı'da Sırrı Sakık 10 oyla kazandı. Retrieved March 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Ağrı'da seçim iptal edildi. Retrieved April 6, 2014 .
- ↑ 11 oy farkla CHP'nin kazandığı belediyede seçim iptal. Retrieved April 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Türkiye'nin ilk eşcinsel belediye başkan adayı. Retrieved March 26, 2014 .
- ↑ MHP'nin iki Ermeni adayı. Retrieved March 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Anadolu Agency: Delayed summertime to begin overnight in Turkey. Retrieved March 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Tunceli'nin Ovacık ilçesinde sürpriz sonuç. March 30, 2014, accessed March 31, 2014 (Turkish).
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Siirt'te kanlı saldırı. Retrieved March 31, 2014 .
- ↑ 10 vekil tercih yapacak. Retrieved April 2, 2014 .
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