Ragıp SoyluVerified account

Olan biteni İngilizce yazıyoruz diye dün geceden beri edilmedik küfür kalmadı. AK Parti kendi verileri İstanbul’da kafa kafaya gösteriyor dedim, küfür. Ama Erdoğan yine de yüzde 51’i aldı, oyları korudu dedim. Yine küfür.

If the initial results in Istanbul don’t change, Erdogan would be losing largest three cities in Turkey: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir

YSK Chairman says there are multiple objections against the counting in some boxes, but the results would be clearer by the afternoon

YSK Chairman Sadi Guven said YSK doesn’t provide election data to public news wire Anadolu Agency and he doesn’t know where AA gets the information

BREAKING — Turkey’s Chairman of Supreme Board of Election (YSK) says opposition candidate in Istanbul took the lead by more than 20.000 votes with more than 80 ballot boxes remain uncounted

However, as I mentioned in the article, Turkey's Kurds in the southeast are disappointed at HDP's support to ditch warfare, rampant corruption in municipalities and PKK pressure. Government appointed trustees did a better job in most cases to run the city.

I remember some people on this platform claiming that the elections don’t matter in Turkey. I guess everyone got their own response yesterday night

Turkey’s local elections am update; • Counting continues in toss up Istanbul elections, 99 ballot boxes remain unopened, opp takes a slim lead (DHA) • Gov aligned media declare victory, opposition media claim Erdogan is defeated

I’m turning in for the night. 2 am in Turkey. Something is clear, damaged maybe, Turkey’s democratic culture is still intact and it is still delivering.

Turkish President’s Communications Director Altun says Erdogan’s statements are not contradicting ruling party candidate Binali Yildirim’s victory declaration

Turkey elections recap: • Erdogan lost 14 city municipalities —including capital Ankara—won 3 new cities • Istanbul is a toss up—yet Erdogan didn’t close a door to concession • HUGE LOSES: Pro-Kurdish HDP lost 5 cities, won 1 new city • Erdogan still HOLDS the MAJORITY

Erdogan says “Even if we don’t win the Istanbul municipal elections, we won majority of the district municipalities”

Erdogan hints that final results in Istanbul would be declared by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), and in the meantime his party would make objections to the ballot boxes they deem problematic. He DIDN’T DECLARE a victory in Istanbul, YET.

Erdogan now says AK Party / MHP votes are in the same levels of last year’s presidential elections which is more than 51%. He presents himself as a victor, mentioning AK Party’s wins in Kurdish majority southeast. “This is a slap to terrorists”