CHP's Arslan lists AKP's interventions one by one! 'Trustee coup!'

Republican People's Party (CHP) Eskişehir Deputy İbrahim Arslan wrote down, point by point, the trustee practices and interventions against the national will directed at elected municipalities by the AKP government since the March 31 Local Elections.

In the post he made on his X account, Arslan included the following statements:

THIS IS AKP'S ADVANCED DEMOCRACY AND THE TURKISH CENTURY!

Interference with Elected Mayors is a Coup Against the People's Will!

Since the date of the local elections on March 31, 2024;

22 MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING THREE METROPOLITAN AND FOUR PROVINCIAL ONES

A total of 22 mayors, including 3 metropolitan, 4 provincial, and 15 district mayors, have been removed from office.

Municipalities removed from office and their vote percentages:

1. Istanbul Metropolitan (CHP) – 4,438,727 votes (51.21%)

2. Van Metropolitan (DEM) – 245,711 votes (55.51%)

3. Mardin Metropolitan (DEM) – 218,314 votes (57.47%)

4. Batman (DEM) – 122,144 votes (64.53%)

5. Siirt (DEM) – 37,216 votes (49.64%)

6. Hakkari (DEM) – 14,528 votes (48.92%)

7. Tunceli (DEM) – 6,761 votes (40.22%)

8. Esenyurt (CHP) – 228,075 votes (49.15%)

9. Halfeti (DEM) – 7,971 votes (39.45%)

10. Ovacık (CHP) – 685 votes (33.64%)

11. Bahçesaray (DEM) – 1,166 votes (21.33%)

12. Akdeniz (DEM) – 47,910 votes (36.98%)

13. Beşiktaş (CHP) – 66,017 votes (64.12%)

14. Kağızman (DEM) – 3,320 votes (32.68%)

15. Beykoz (CHP) – 68,581 votes (45.86%)

16. Şişli (CHP) – 99,921 votes (66.59%)

17. Beylikdüzü (CHP) – 112,261 votes (52.88%)

18. B.Çekmece (CHP) – 74,772 votes (48.04%)

19. Avcılar (CHP) – 121,230 votes (53.41%)

20. Gaziosmanpaşa (CHP) – 107,660 votes (40.43%)

21. Ceyhan (CHP) – 40,758 votes (45.67%)

22. Seyhan (CHP) – 158,439 votes (41.60%)

Total: 6,220,302 votes (51.13%)

The total votes of the losing AKP and MHP are 4,558,275, and their vote percentage remained at 37.47%.

However, trustees have been appointed to 13 of these municipalities, and in the Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality, the presidency was changed by the municipal council.

Thus, the will manifested by the people at the ballot box has been ignored, and the nation's sovereignty has been trampled upon.''

THIS IS AKP'S ADVANCED DEMOCRACY AND THE TURKISH CENTURY!

Interference with Elected Mayors is a Coup Against the People's Will!

Since the date of the local elections on March 31, 2024;

a) A total of 22 mayors, including 3 metropolitan, 4 provincial, and 15 district mayors, have been removed from their positions…

— İbrahim ARSLAN (@arslanibrahimss) June 11, 2025

Arslan gave the following message in his post:

“There is no power greater than the people's will in this country!

Every intervention made against the national will manifested at the ballot boxes will find its answer from the people at the ballot box when the day comes.

You cannot silence the people with trustees, threats, and lawlessness.

We will not be silent; we will protect the nation's will to the end.

We will resist to the end against these attacks directed at democracy, justice, and the right to vote and be elected!”

News Source: 12punto