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Statement from Ekrem İmamoğlu regarding the election in Hatay!

Making a statement regarding the election in Hatay, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu said, "We expect justice and the rule of law to prevail during the ongoing vote counting process in Hatay."

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Re-elected as the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) in the March 31 Local Elections, Ekrem İmamoğlu made a statement regarding the election results.

Sharing on his X (Twitter) account, İmamoğlu said, "I congratulate my political colleagues who achieved success in the March 31 Local Elections: 14 metropolitan mayors, 21 provincial mayors, 337 district mayors, and 48 town mayors. I also wish success to all the elected mayors."

Giving a message regarding the election result in Hatay, İmamoğlu stated, "We expect justice and the rule of law to prevail during the ongoing vote counting process in Hatay."


CURRENT SITUATION IN HATAY

According to ANKA data, while 99.9 percent of the ballot boxes in Hatay have been opened, AKP candidate Mehmet Öntürk is seen at 44.49 percent, while CHP candidate Lütfü Savaş is at 43.99 percent.

According to Anadolu Agency (AA) data, 100 percent of the ballot boxes have been opened. In the AA data, AKP's Mehmet Öntürk is in first place with 44.48 percent, and Lütfü Savaş is in second place with 43.98 percent.

LÜTFÜ SAVAŞ: WE WILL NOT LET THIS GO

While AKP candidate Mehmet Öntürk was giving a victory speech in Hatay, CHP candidate Lütfü Savaş stated that according to the data they have, they were ahead by more than 8 thousand votes and said, "We will not let this go."

Stating that there were various incidents during the transport of the votes, Mayor Savaş said, "For some reason, the representatives of the ruling party appeared after 1:30 AM claiming they won. As far as we can see, there are 168 more ballot boxes and we are ahead by over 8 thousand. We do not understand how they won; we will not let this go with all our friends and teams. We do not want to lose what we won at the ballot box in the courthouse or in the position before arriving at the courthouse. We will take this to the end. We have a lot of information that the incoming ballot papers were taken inside by various people, that they were taken from the hands of the ballot officials by people who are officially seen, and that they were brought in under the guise of being brought to the courthouse from a point far from the courthouse."

ÖZGÜR ÖZEL: THIS IS A USURPATION OF NATIONAL WILL

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel also stated in a post on his X account regarding the election results in Hatay, "In the Hatay Metropolitan Municipality election, there is an irregularity, a usurpation of the national will, in which the Hatay Governor is directly involved. We have assigned a large number of our deputies; we will protect the will of the people of Hatay to the end."