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CHP’s Cafer Parlak elected acting mayor of Istanbul’s Eyüpsultan district
Eyüpsultan is a district of Istanbul, and its municipal council has elected Cafer Parlak of the CHP as acting mayor.
The election was held after Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was jailed in an investigation concerning the municipality and suspended from his duties.
The CHP nominated Parlak, while the AK Party nominated Muhammet Çakır.
The first three rounds did not produce a winner under the required voting thresholds.
In the fourth round, Parlak received 19 votes and Çakır received 16; two votes for Çakır were ruled invalid because of spelling errors.
The AK Party argued that the vote should have been decided in the third round and said it would file an objection.
The council meeting ended after objections were read, and the sources give no further details about what happens next.
Cafer Parlak of the CHP was elected acting mayor of Istanbul’s Eyüpsultan district.
He received 19 votes in the fourth round, while AK Party candidate Muhammet Çakır received 16.
The election followed the arrest and suspension from office of Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen.
The AK Party disputed the vote count and said it would file an objection.
Parlak said Özmen had been unjustly arrested and that he would protect what had been entrusted to him.
- Who
- Cafer Parlak of the CHP was elected acting mayor; Muhammet Çakır of the AK Party was the other candidate.
- What
- Parlak was elected acting mayor of Eyüpsultan.
- When
- October 10, 2026, according to the article’s publication date.
- Where
- Eyüpsultan district, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Why
- A deputy mayor had to be chosen after Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen was arrested in an investigation concerning the municipality and suspended from office.
CHP
AK Party
Election result
CHP
The CHP candidate Cafer Parlak was elected in the fourth round with 19 votes.
AK Party
AK Party group vice-chair Metin Çırpan said his side had won in the third round, but a vote was ruled invalid and the election proceeded to a fourth round.
Voting rules
CHP
The CHP candidate proceeded through the rounds and was elected under the voting process used.
AK Party
The AK Party argued the council had 37 members and that 19 votes constituted a simple majority; it said it would submit an objection.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
Parlak received 21 votes and Çakır 15, while one vote was invalid.
Parlak received 21 votes and Çakır 16.
Parlak and Çakır each received 18 votes, and one vote was invalid.
Parlak received 19 votes and Çakır 16; Parlak was elected acting mayor.
- New acting mayor
- Cafer Parlak
- District
- Eyüpsultan, Istanbul
- Fourth-round result
- Parlak 19 votes; Çakır 16 votes
- Other candidate
- Muhammet Çakır of the AK Party
- Former mayor
- Mithat Bülent Özmen
Sources
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