Operations against opposition parties and the joining of mayors to the ruling party continue to be one of the most important agenda items in local politics.
Most recently, Cemil Tugay, who was elected from the CHP and became the Mayor of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, joined the AK Party at a ceremony held at the AK Party Headquarters. President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the party badge on Tugay.
With Tugay's transition to the AK Party, the list of mayors who have joined the ruling party in the recent period has come to the agenda again. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel had previously reacted to the government in his statements by establishing a link between the mayors joining the AK Party and the operations against opposition municipalities.
MAYORS WHO JOINED THE AK PARTY
According to the current list, the mayors who joined the AK Party and the places they serve are as follows:
Özlem Çerçioğlu – Aydın Metropolitan
Mesut Özarslan – Ankara Keçiören
Umut Yılmaz – Gaziantep Şehitkamil
Mustafa Güzel – Gaziantep Karkamış
Mustafa İberya Arıkan – Aydın Söke
Malik Ercan – Aydın Yenipazar
Osman Yıldırımkaya – Aydın Sultanhisar
Yasemin Fazlaca – Yalova Altınova
Hasan Ustaoğlu – Konya Seydişehir
Gökhan Budak – Ardahan Göle
Hamit Tutuş – Batman Hasankeyf
İsa Yıldırım – Antalya Aksu
Hasan Turgut – Şırnak Karalar
Şenol Öncül – Çorum Aşdağul
Muammer Çelikbaş – Niğde Çiftlik Bozköy
Kadir Kumbul – Antalya Serik
Burcu Köksal – Afyonkarahisar
Veysel Topçu – Afyonkarahisar Dinar
Levent Koç – Ankara Haymana
Mehmet Özcan – Edirne Keşan
Eren Ali Bingöl – İstanbul Tuzla
Orhan Çerkez – İstanbul Çekmeköy
Yakup Odabaşı – Ankara Gölbaşı
Selim Çırpanoğlu – Ankara Kahramankazan
Engin Uysal – Kütahya Domaniç
Tuncer Başoğlu – Tekirdağ Hayrabolu
Saim Zileli – Çanakkale Eceabat
Saniye Bora Fıçı – İzmir Foça
Şeref Güleser – Kayseri Felahiye
Mustafa Dursun – Kayseri Akkışla
Onur Emrah Yıldız – İzmir Çiğli
Halil Öztürk – Antalya Elmalı
Vahap Akay – Tekirdağ Çerkezköy
Görbil Özcan – Erzurum Şenkaya
Aydın Dinçer – Balıkesir Marmara Adalar
DEPUTY MAYORS WHO JOINED THE AK PARTY
Among those who joined the AK Party are also deputy mayors.
Sacit Terzi – İstanbul Şile Deputy Mayor
Özlem Vural Gürzel – İstanbul Beykoz Deputy Mayor
DETAINED MAYORS
The list of mayors and deputy mayors arrested within the scope of operations against municipalities is as follows:
Ekrem İmamoğlu – İstanbul Metropolitan
Mehmet Murat Çalık – İstanbul Beylikdüzü
Resul Emrah Şahan – İstanbul Şişli
Hasan Akgün – İstanbul Büyükçekmece
Ahmet Şahin – Büyükçekmece Deputy Mayor
Hakan Bahçetepe – İstanbul Gaziosmanpaşa
Özgür Kabadayı – İstanbul Şile
Hasan Mutlu – İstanbul Bayrampaşa
Alaattin Köseler – İstanbul Beykoz
Rıza Akpolat – İstanbul Beşiktaş
Tanju Özcan – Bolu
Muhittin Böcek – Antalya Metropolitan
Oya Tekin – Adana Seyhan
Niyazi Nefi Kara – Antalya Manavgat
Ömer Günel – Aydın Kuşadası
Özkan Yalım – Uşak
Mustafa Bozbey – Bursa Metropolitan
Yılmaz Tozan – Uşak Eşme
Onursal Adıgüzel – İstanbul Ataşehir
Murat Güneş – Ataşehir Deputy Mayor
Fikret Albayrak – Düzce Akçakoca
Mustafa Günay – İzmir Güzelbahçe
Görkem Duman – İzmir Buca
Bora Balcıoğlu – İstanbul Silivri
Mustafa Turgut – Mersin Silifke
Ali Ercan Akpolat – İstanbul Adalar
İsmail Yetişkin – İzmir Seferihisar
Hüseyin Can Güner – Ankara Çankaya
Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet – Kocaeli İzmit
Sinem Dedetaş – İstanbul Üsküdar
Erdal Beşikcioğlu – Ankara Etimesgut
İlkay Çiçek – İzmir Menderes
Vahap Seçer – Mersin Metropolitan
Mithat Bülent Özmen – İstanbul Eyüpsultan
Ahmet Serkan Tuncer – Mersin Mezitli
Abdullah Özyiğit – Mersin Yenişehir
RELEASED MAYORS
The mayors who were released after being detained are as follows:
Zeydan Karalar – Adana Metropolitan
Ahmet Özer – İstanbul Esenyurt
Abdurrahman Tutdere – Adıyaman
Kadir Aydar – Adana Ceyhan
İnan Güney – İstanbul Beyoğlu
Onur Yiğit – İzmir Balçova
Utku Caner Çaykara – İstanbul Avcılar
Ali Demirçalı – Adana Yüreğir
Mustafa Sarıgül – Tunceli Ovacık
DETAINED FOR ANOTHER CASE
The list also includes Giresun Görele Mayor Hasbi Dede, who is detained in connection with another incident.
News Source: 12punto
