Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş's resignation from the CHP has changed the party distribution of municipalities in Ankara. Following Yavaş's departure, eight more district mayors resigned from the CHP.
The number of municipalities held by the CHP in the city, which won the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and 16 district municipalities in the March 31, 2024 local elections, has been limited to the Etimesgut and Yenimahalle district municipalities following the latest resignations.
The district mayors who left the CHP are Güdül Mayor Mehmet Doğanay, Beypazarı Mayor Özer Kasap, Kalecik Mayor Satılmış Karakoç, Polatlı Mayor Mürsel Yıldızkaya, Ayaş Mayor İzzet Demircioğlu, Şereflikoçhisar Mayor Mustafa Koçak, Elmadağ Mayor Adem Barış Akın, and Nallıhan Mayor Ertunç Güngör.
There had previously been party changes by some mayors in Ankara. Imprisoned Çankaya Mayor Hüseyin Can Güner and Mamak Mayor Veli Gündüz Şahin had joined the YENİ Party.
Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan, Gölbaşı Mayor Yakup Odabaşı, Kahramankazan Mayor Selim Çırpanoğlu, and Haymana Mayor Levent Koç had switched to the AKP following their resignations from the CHP.
According to the latest picture, the distribution of mayors by party in 26 municipalities in Ankara, including the Metropolitan Municipality, is as follows:
- - AKP: 12
- - Independent: 10
- - YENİ Party: 2
- - CHP: 2
News Source: 12punto
