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Election day at Üsküdar Municipality as police surround building

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Üsküdar Municipal Council is holding a secret ballot to elect a deputy mayor from among its members.
  • The vote follows the annulment of an earlier election won by CHP member Sibel Tan Çetinkaya after an objection from the AKP.
  • Police have erected barriers around the municipal building and barred members of the press from entering.

Üsküdar Municipal Council is holding a new election for deputy mayor under heavy police presence, with the municipal building surrounded by barriers from the early morning.

The vote began at 10 a.m. Council members will choose the deputy mayor by secret ballot from among their colleagues. The first two rounds require two-thirds of the full membership, while the third requires an absolute majority. If no candidate secures that threshold in the third round, the two leading candidates will face a fourth vote.

The repeat election follows an operation targeting Üsküdar Municipality. Mayor Sinem Dedetaş was detained on July 29 and arrested on July 31. In a council vote held on August 5, 2026, CHP member Sibel Tan Çetinkaya was elected deputy mayor in her place.

That election was later annulled after an objection by the AKP. Ahead of the new vote, police surrounded the municipality and prevented journalists from entering the building.

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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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