AKP Takes Control of Another İStanbul Municipality Amid Opposition Claims of Pressure - Stockholm Center for Freedom

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The controversial elections held in the Adalar Municipality council following the operation and arrests resulted in the AKP taking control of the administration, creating deep disappointment and despair in Büyükada and the other islands. Island residents viewed the events as a usurpation of their will and expressed their reaction with the words, "We will see you at the ballot box."

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The administration of Adalar Municipality, a stronghold of the CHP, passed to the AKP after a tense election.

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The Turkish opposition today accused the AKP government party of threatening prison councillors to condition the vote in a district in Istanbul where there are only two elected against 10 of the social-democratic CHP. "They threatened us: either vote in the AKP or go to prison," said Ozgur Celik, local leader of the social-democratic Yeni, a dissident party created in the summer from the CHP, quoted by the Spanish agency EFE. The CHP (Republican…

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Following the arrest of the elected mayor Sinem Dedetaş, and the subsequent election that resulted in Üsküdar Municipality falling to the AKP, Adalar Municipality also passed to the AKP through a municipal council vote after the arrest of its elected mayor, Ali Ercan Akpolat.