The behind-the-scenes of the DEM Party's Istanbul decision revealed! A striking detail regarding İmamoğlu
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has decided to field candidates in metropolitan cities, primarily Istanbul, for the March 31, 2024, local elections. The background to this decision, which has dominated the political agenda, has been revealed.
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As the local elections approach, the cooperation talks conducted between the CHP and the DEM Party have failed to yield results.
Following the candidacy announcement by Başak Demirtaş, the wife of Selahattin Demirtaş, there was curiosity about whether the DEM Party would field a candidate in Istanbul. The DEM Party Central Executive Board (MYK), which met yesterday, decided to field a candidate in Istanbul. The background to this decision by the DEM Party has now been revealed.
According to a report in Gazete Duvar; in the DEM Party's decision, beyond the fact that demands in negotiations with the CHP remained unaddressed, the party base's stance of "let's field our own candidate" was the most influential factor. Reminding of the recent Rawest Research survey result, which drew attention with 70 percent of respondents answering "yes" to the question "Should the DEM Party field a candidate?", sources stated: "The CHP should also read this result well. After 5 years, one would actually expect the opposite of this survey. But it appears that CHP municipalities have not been able to touch the lives of the DEM Party voters who voted for them in the previous election, and have not been able to create a positive perception over the past 5 years. This existed to some extent in İzmir and Mersin, but in Istanbul, the Kurdish voter is not saying 'We are satisfied with Ekrem İmamoğlu, he should continue'."