Turkish local elections, 2014

• Mayor and Aldermen
• Provincial parliaments
• Machalla and village leaders

In the local elections in Turkey 2014 ( 2014 mahalli İdareler Turkish Genel Seçimleri ) were elected to local governments, city councils and mayors on 30 March 2014.

Background

It is the 15th municipal elections in the history of the Republic of Turkey; the first democratic multi-party elections were held with the local elections in 1930 under the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Pasha ( Ataturk ). The 14 local elections were held on March 29, 2009.

The elections were by a joint decision of the conservative Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP ) and the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP ) are brought forward to October 27, 2013, so as to avoid a difficult in the winter months campaigning. The Kemalist social democratic Republican People's Party (CHP) was a majority against this decision on the grounds that the 26th, 27th and October 29th are important holidays in connection with the founding of the Republic of Turkey. She suggested to hold the elections on 3 November 2013. In the absence of time before the election date materialize -down agreement found the local elections as originally planned place on 30 March 2014.

The election campaign is marked by demonstrations since 2013 ( starting from Gezi Park and Taksim Square in Istanbul), since December by a corruption scandal and trying Erdoğan further restrict press freedom in Turkey. Have been or are thousands of websites blocked (with court approval) On the basis of the "Law No. 5651 " of 23 November 2007. Erdoğan suggest in Turkey, the private schools of Fethullah Gülen, which also met with very strong resistance from the Gülen movement. Also weakening economy, the fallen rate of the Turkish lira and a flight of capital dominate the political situation.

Voting

Voters who live in a big city, have five votes:

• Mayor
• District Mayor
• City ​​council
• Provincial parliament
• Muhtar

Voters who live in a city, have four voices:

• Mayor
• City ​​council
• Provincial parliament
• Muhtar

Voters who live in a village, have two votes:

• Provincial parliament
• Muhtar

Result

Overall result

• Justice and Development Party (AKP )
• Republican People's Party (CHP)
• Nationalist Movement Party (MHP )
• Party of Peace and Democracy ( BDP)
• Independent

Poll

Provincial parliaments

There are elected members of the 81 provincial parliaments.

Mayor of the provincial capitals

County mayor

Mayor of major cities

In Turkey, there are 30 major cities. In addition to electing a mayor for the individual parts of the city, a mayor is elected.

Controversy and protests against the election results

The counting of the votes, there were several irregularities. To ballot for CHP and MHP were found in garbage in the province of Osmaniye. Their candidates complained to the Supreme Electoral Commission and submitted to the public prosecutor a. The challengers in Istanbul and Ankara demanded a recount of the votes. The High Election Committee annulled the elections in Güroymak ( province of Bitlis ) and Serinova ( Muş Province ). The elections are to be repeated on June 1. Was also annulled the election in the provincial capital Ağrı, where the candidate of the BDP Sırrı Sakik had only 10 votes ahead.

Trivia

• For the city of Giresun Bulancak at an openly gay survivor has with Can Cavusoglu first proposed as a candidate for mayor.
• The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP ) presented in Istanbul's Bakırkoy with Nerses Yeramyan and Elmas Giragos two Christian Armenians.
• The nephew of Islamist politician Necmettin Erbakan, Sabri Erbakan, ( CHP) turned in Fatih for the Kemalist Republican People's Party for election.
• The summer time clocks change was specially laid later for the municipal election on a day that is the clocks were changed on the night of Sunday, March 30th to Monday, March 31, to avoid confusion, if you would miss the conversion.
• The Turkey ( TKP ) Communist Party is in Ovacik in the Alevi influenced Tunceli province in future the first openly occurring as a communist mayor in the history of the country.

• The only (due to " political activity prohibition " ) independent candidate and winner of a provincial capital is Ahmet Türk in Mardin.
• The the AKP candidate just the Saadet Partisi losing candidate for the city of Aydın Tillo Behmen was shot the day after the election in front of his house.
• In these elections were a total of 26 MPs on the election of a Mayor's Office. The successful candidates have to choose 15 days after the publication of the official results between the offices as a deputy or mayor.