Turkey’s opposition claims victory in local elections in blow to Erdogan • FRANCE 24 English

Turkey's main opposition party on Sunday claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara, with its rising political star emerging from local elections as a serious challenger to veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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[@balsarmy]

I am really happy for Turkey.

[@alihanaydogdu6158]

Why?

[@Mianette13]

@@alihanaydogdu6158Why not. Democracy won in the end.

[@alihanaydogdu6158]

@@Mianette13 Then why do you think democracy does not win when people vote democratically for AKP? Because it doesn't work for you?

[@Mianette13]

@@alihanaydogdu6158 The man would bring sharia. This could never be democracy.

[@DragonBorn8]

@@alihanaydogdu6158 Yes? Simple example, economy in Turkey

[@minemaj7]

free and secular turkey 🇹🇷 🇹🇷

[@eggygenc6621]

Turkey was always A Free Sekular Modern country from day 1

[@bingingbinging8597]

@@eggygenc6621not under erdog

[@user-ly3ju6rj3u]

You are christen?

[@Hunter-cx6]

Working on it man, working on it.

[@Hiptoys]

well done Turkey

[@sufle35]

thank you

[@herkesebolsans31]

😁

[@TolgaHanKayaTR8R]

Thank You :))

[@santhoshsprings]

​@@sufle35 oiii dear 🎉❤

[@bashoresb7989]

Viva Türkiye !

[@MilyonMilSoraka]

as a Turkish person, i couldnt sleep because of excitement last night lol

[@Hunter-cx6]

Başardık dostum.

[@kasm1488]

same

[@BionicTurk68]

Don't get too excited might wet yourself fetocu.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

Turkey has enormous potential with the right leadership and sensible economic management that country could achieve amazing things.

[@BionicTurk68]

Yeah no doubt and that is not what you want.

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

@@BionicTurk68 why would I not want that ? Why assume the worse, I'm being positive and you are being negative. You have a chip on your shoulder.

[@BionicTurk68]

@@theodoreconstantini2548 Brudda are you greek?

[@tsangarisjohn]

Hope this brings change to my Turkish friends. The hostilities Erdogan offers everyone are unnecessary/pointless.

[@ksrawat88]

Agree

[@kizgintosbaga]

yes. we should be more like Ukraine. fight western wars or like lebanon be a refuge dumpster for west. then we would be friends right ?

[@AA-jp9cj]

@@kizgintosbaga Recep is going

[@bayatekmekjohn7445]

@@kizgintosbaga he already turned us into a refuge dumpster. and although erdogan speaks out against the west, he always backs down in the end and gives western powers what they want.

[@lemonzestaste]

Well done Türkiye 🇹🇷 and Turkish people 🎉👏👏

[@BionicTurk68]

Coming from our enemies thats rich.

[@postyoda1623]

Local elections in Turkey are much more important than many other places, as the mayor is not really just a mayor but a combination of a mayor, governor and a governor-general; in this sense power is quite decentralized locally and mayors wield quite a bit of power not just in a city but the whole state.

[@User_29765]

How many states are there in Turkey and what power do the mayors then hold? Can they block laws proposed by the president for example?

[@dlalalabu5956]

​​@@User_29765 turkey doesnt have states every city has its own budget and funding, presidents use that money for the city and asks for more from the national treasure if they need it with this elections opposition party will rule the 80% of the money in turkey through city budgets

[@User_29765]

@@dlalalabu5956 so the power is pretty decentralised then?

[@dlalalabu5956]

@@User_29765 yep thats why its a big deal and in the news but erdoğan still THE president so we'll see

[@postyoda1623]

@@User_29765 yes, and the crucial point is that municipalities collect tax so they have a lot of income. this gives the party that controls municipalities a lot of resources.

[@emrebay9906]

Democracy still works in Turkey even though against dictator!

[@Sky34official]

Thats right.. we count the days erdogan will go.

[@BionicTurk68]

Oxymoron if he was a dictator how could he lose elections? You come right out of a comic book goofy.

[@Sky34official]

@@BionicTurk68 he says democracy still works :) u dont understand what u read. if democracy still works, it is crumbs of Secular Regime. :):):):):)

[@akbulutarda472]

@@BionicTurk68 well 2019 elections are prove of he is dictator

[@sarilacivert-12]

We are the soldiers of MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK, we always go with our foreheads high on the path he opened, the goal he showed, our fire of democracy has rekindled with our passion and faith, the end of the darkness is a great dawn

[@mememaster8050]

Dem didn't even win the districts, don't get it twisted. Kurds that wanted a good mayor/leader (İmamoğlu) voted with common sense. The vote gap would still persist if all Dem voters' votes were taken back from İmamoğlu. Kurds are citizens of this state, Kurds in İstanbul or Kurds in Turkey overall are not all Dem supporters. İmamoğlu got elected by EVERYONE.

[@unknownfromkashmir]

The historical understanding is that it was formerly Ottoman Empire ( usman) , a stronghold for Islamic civilisation in the world. Shows turkey is willing to shift towards Europe than Asian setting

[@sultancastro9813]

Erdog now surely is scratching his head.😂 Congrats Turkey, way to go.

[@BionicTurk68]

Coming from our enemy I would like to thank you enemy.LMFAO

[@agfitts]

Dictators can always be sidelined in a democratic country if they participate for too long

[@iwawlvoyvoda5384]

that's the quote I was looking for, you're amazing mate.

[@BionicTurk68]

How can you be a dictator and lose elections? Oh yeah your are a moron with oxymoron lyrics.

[@BionicTurk68]

@@iwawlvoyvoda5384 Obviously your 2 braincells was fried reading one liners.

[@drengink]

People’s of Türkiye eventually said stop to dictorship. Despite of having media, social media and all the other propaganda forces, opposition won. Hoping for Russians and the other people who live under dictatorial regimes

[@YouTubeCensorsEverything]

The US must be free from Trxmp then as well. 👍💙

[@infi44]

There is a mourning happening in Berlin.

[@Xxlksjli12]

Well, because they love it when Turkey goes backward so that their currency € could make more in Turkish currency. They don't care the country because they live in Germany they just want more inflation and more money for their summer holiday. Also they buy houses here even though they benefit from social helps in Germany.

[@eggygenc6621]

The Turkish people in Germany are all Old heads meaning they got no idea The Turkish people in Turkey are More Sekular and Modern than the ones in Germany

[@emreakkas5546]

Kick all of them back to Turkey

[@burakesener2513]

We export our anti democrat, conservatives to Europe. Sorry for that :D

[@swdk7121]

@@trankooyeah man Turks in Europe can't represent us.

[@DarrenWatson64]

Well done Türkiye! Keep fighting for a better future!

[@FunkdUpOfficial]

Historical turning point for Türkiye , and i am glad Türkiye has showed the whole world that her democracy is up and running. Kudos to my people for opening the doors of a new era , wishing the same for the people of Russia and Hungary ✌🏻

[@XY-uc1tw]

0:38 "Kurds in Istanbul, who are %10 of..., voted tactically for opposition candidate" such a lie! Kurds had their own candidate, which got %2 .... I do not know how democracy in France works, but I will not call it democracy, if people give their votes only due to their belonging ethnicity, just like Kurds does. ... Does african people has their own party in France?

[@80-80.]

Take that Erdogan!

[@swdk7121]

More like ErdoGone

[@BionicTurk68]

@@swdk7121 He still the most powerful guy for the next 4 years you not the sharpest knife mate.

[@swdk7121]

@@BionicTurk68 he will be stealing our taxes for 4 years yeah xd

[@lilith1781]

I am happy for my country 🇹🇷

[@whentheimposterissus8376]

I don't want to sound offensive but is Turkiye moving towards Secularism where religion is personal rather than an Islamic state like Iran and Pakistan ??

[@RuzgarYldrm-zj9ec]

could be ....one day ....i hope ....

[@frankenstein424]

its already much better than pakistan and iran wdym?

[@whentheimposterissus8376]

​@@frankenstein424 NOT want to sound rude to Turks but it's a common conception among non Islamic countries that Islamic states do not allow other religions and minorities are also made to convert into Islam which is sponsored by State . Pakistan already considers Turkiye as their khalifa and Ertughrul as their ancestors (despite that they're actually Hindu/Buddhists converts) ?? Is Turkiye like that as well or is it just a false misconception spreaded by Propaganda media???

[@caseyandrews7]

question not offensive in fact it is sensible. The turkish women want equality. If you think your question is offensive then you probably need to assess your personal critical thinking and stop kowtowing to the wokism.

[@TolgaKarlilar]

Yes, these are all false for Turkey, which has a long secular tradition. And everyone has religious and other freedom, they can believe whatever they want and be open about it. @@whentheimposterissus8376

[@yusufozarslan1796]

Turkey's turning point just started.

[@cbboxing8777]

As a Turkish citizen ım sooooo god damn happy. god my lost years, my youth, my dreams finaly!!!

[@Divine_Eye]

Erdogan Gazi gone.. Well done turkey🇹🇷

[@kenanbozgeyik9429]

he is still president but we will take him down in the next election

[@glord6065]

Wow

[@abarzilai0334]

I guess all that Israel bashing didn’t pay dividends for the AK Party he he😂

[@olegalekos2181]

Who is the opposition candidate? All the news just mention an oppossition cadidate to Erdogan, can i someone say his name?

[@calamityleo]

Not just one candidate... we have 2 in fact... Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas.

[@Hande-up1fz]

It is a local election which means Turkiye selected majors for each city. And candidates of opposition party are elected in most big cities. There is no candidate againts Erdogan. Erdogan is the president of Turkiye. It was not a presidaental election.

[@aycasahin5611]

As my friends said that was local election which we vote for mayors etc. The reason why we emphasised the Erdoğan has lost is that it is the first time his party became second party in Turkey according general vote rusults.

[@bayatekmekjohn7445]

a small correction, turks do not traditionally support palestinians, but traditional and conservative turks tend to support them. otherwise, there are a lot of israel supporters as well.

[@esthermarcen7587]

Wow that is good

[@UsualCivilisationDestroyer]

Fyi Kurds had their own candidate...

[@sarsaclmavigozludevatam22]

The island of Corsica belongs to the Corsicans. Long live fully independent Corsica....💪💪💪💪

[@RohitKumar-bg7sf]

Congratulations to turkey 🎉

[@irfangumus3880]

i gotta say, i didn't expect a foreign correspondent like Jasper to have such a grasp on what's going on in Turkey. He made some excellent points. He is particularly spot on about the Kurdish vote and the pro-Palestine sentiments hurting Erdogan's party

[@aprilmela9149]

🎉 does that mean the casinos will return?

[@historiansmapping]

Unfortunately, this doesn't benefit us much; it only indicates that Turkey is still a Kemalist country and that Erdogan's influence in the municipal council has decreased. Moreover, the projects are financed by the government, so the source of funding is Erdogan; he can choose not to allocate funds to municipalities that oppose him. It would have been more beneficial if we could have elected a new President in the first elections.

[@AA-jp9cj]

This is still very big. AKP is currently minority in whole Turkey.

[@at9499]

Who are you? You should be grateful to Mustafa Kemal and Kemalism, unless you are one of the separatists among us and an enemy of this country.

[@barskama309]

Türkiye won! 🇹🇷 Haters of Türkiye was lost

[@iwawlvoyvoda5384]

Erdoğan has done everything he could to dispel the name of Atatürk and many things related to his legacy. He failed, he is not even as strong as a single germ when compared to Atatürk. Yes these local elections maybe will not change the current economic situation at all, probably will not also have a SIGNIFICANT EFFECT on social lives (but there will be changes in social life in CHP municipalities taken from AKP due to the different political opinions), but there will certainly be changes. Changes against Erdoğan. This is their worst defeat for now. Legacy of Atatürk rises again after 22 years of political-islamic curse. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Muslim, but never shall government and religion put together.

[@christiaanjansen9800]

is the presentor drunk?

[@ferudunkilic6239]

Not Turkey...Turkiye (official name in UN)

[@elenamonteagudo9855]

😂😂😂😂 whatever, who cares?

[@ferudunkilic6239]

@@elenamonteagudo9855 who cares what you don't care? Dear spokesperson. Nobody cares what you care are or don't. Put few more smiles. I think this is the best you can do in this world.

[@michaelgothenburg364]

I don't write Turkish, I write English

[@ryuuguu01]

I understand your effort but it will be decades before English speakers begin to change. Lao has been the name of the county since 1975 but in English, it is still Laos. English speakers often don't get anywhere near the name of a country, Germany -Deutschland, Japan - Nihon, etc.

[@ferudunkilic6239]

@@ryuuguu01 It is decided in united nations' official English documents for now. I accept that it will take time no doubt. People (especially old) are conservative on their habits.

[@extraitkbis3199]

Oh i tho it wasn't a democracy. So now it is?!

[@tolgaa.6297]

Yes

[@Hande-up1fz]

hypocrisy

[@Queenofeating]

Stealling votes

[@AA-jp9cj]

Even they couldnt cheat after such a crushing defeat!

[@elenamonteagudo9855]

Bye Pigdogan 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@AdolfGreeks]

must be very angry🤣

[@Divine_Eye]

😂😂😂

[@alihanaydogdu6158]

Pig is your so called "democratic dictator macaron"

[@cavidsalahov7308]

Bye bye Makaron

[@bestteam4805]

But he is still president for 4 years

[@timurcan2210]

ERDO 😂😂🤣🤣🤣GONE

[@QuestForGood]

🤣🤣

[@Timurid1370]

He is still in power

[@DOCTOR2B201]

ALL BECAUSE of erdogan soft tone with israell

[@sudhanshu7115]

😂

[@dufiasem]

Someone explain to me? So Erdogan is still president right?

[@ezgieftekin4495]

Yes. This was a local election which we choose local mayors for cities. But this election is important for Turkey than any other countries because the population thinks this is a small version of governing a country. If the mayor can do a good job in these cities, they will gain a huge support in the general elections showing that the country can be ruled by this party. Also, usually the mayor of Istanbul holds a huge power to get elected in the next general election as the prime minister. Istanbul was already in the hands of main opposition party but it is nice to see that people liked him and his votes were increased.

[@INeedJesus4sure]

This was local elections, mayors of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir etc. Erdogan is still president, but the opposition controls major cities now

[@nevzataydin1]

this was local election. we'll vote for government in 4 years. so yes, Erdoğan is still president

[@eggygenc6621]

Yes still President but his Akp party after these local elections made his party very weak so in 2028 Turkey will boot him out

[@ahmetalvar8870]

Yes but this election is the first time Erdogan lost in his entire political carrier and first victory for the secular party in the last 50 years. That's why it is important for political situation in Türkiye.

[@Sky34official]

We are fighting for Real Turkey .!! Peace at home, peace in the world.

[@nebieren3950]

Erdogan still president, and next time can be change. But i know new president wont be from chp or dem 👌 also turkish people eant to something from erdoğan, thats why he ismlose alot city

[@IngilizceOgren-ri1fw]

New president imamoğlu

[@nebieren3950]

@@IngilizceOgren-ri1fw who know will be anyone?

[@kenanbozgeyik9429]

İmamoglu beat Erdogan 3 times in istanbul. He will be our new president in the next election @@nebieren3950

[@AA-jp9cj]

@@nebieren3950 Won't be Recep for sure. He cannot even run for the next election. And he cannot change the constitution or people will have something to say

[@Mianette13]

If I had to explain the incident, it was a local election. Winning municipalities proves that those municipalities can no longer be harmed or used as they wish. If the opposing party had not won this time, Turkish democracy could have ended. Civil war could break out. Sharia could come. But Turkiye remembered its past. He remembered the blood he shed for the Republic. The Republic officially won.

[@kolonya8509]

Manyak mısın ne şeriatı ne iç savaşı abarttın biraz

[@TolgaHanKayaTR8R]

I'm so happy as a citizen. Long live Secular Turkish Republic 🤘

[@cavidsalahov7308]

I don't like result but that is how democracy works, respect for voters.

[@user-ly3ju6rj3u]

If erdogan go, than Turkey turn to christen

[@burakesener2513]

Haha in your dreams, yes we want secularity but have too many religious people

[@yahyanorhassan8199]

😮

[@user-ly3ju6rj3u]

@@burakesener2513 bud turkish people womans smoke in ramadan, Istanbul is full with gay.

[@surojeetchatterji9966]

@@burakesener2513 Turkey should be Hindu nation.

[@TatliSever]

@@surojeetchatterji9966 what do you say

[@Fis-wl1ve]

Free Armenian Enclave and Free Kurdistan within France

[@eggygenc6621]

Ataturk always Wins Istanbul CHP Imamoglu Won by a Very big Margin,may this be a Lesson to AkP party 2028 federal elections Erdogan will be booted out

[@tomris93]

There are no kurds in istanbul is this guy okey?😂

[@at9499]

Where have you been? What do you mean there are no Kurds, It doesn't help anyone to deny the the existence of Kurt’s, but you can say that The announcer is exaggerating the percentage of Kurdish votes, and I attribute that to the fact that he is French. The French have always used and continue to use the Kurt’s card against our country for years.

[@tomris93]

@@at9499 I am living in Istanbul and erdoğan defeat to refugees