Politics · Turkey · 16 hrs ago
DEM Party to readmit municipal members elected under CHP alliance
The DEM Party will readmit municipal assembly members elected in 2024 under an undeclared alliance with Turkey’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP.
The DEM Party had called the arrangement the “urban consensus”, but neither party publicly acknowledged an alliance.
The members sought to return after a recent meeting, and the DEM Party’s administration agreed.
Their return is expected to change the makeup of several municipal assemblies, including Istanbul’s, which is governed by the CHP.
The decision comes as relations between the two parties have grown strained over time.
The DEM Party has supported a government initiative aimed at dissolving the PKK, while the CHP has taken a different position on parts of the process.
The members’ return is expected to reshape council representation, though the story does not say when the changes will take effect.
The DEM Party said it would readmit municipal assembly members elected in 2024 under an alliance with the CHP.
The party said the members wanted to return after a recent meeting and its administration agreed.
The move is expected to change the composition of several municipal assemblies, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
The alliance was called the “urban consensus” by the DEM Party, which was then known as the Green Left Party.
- Who
- The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and municipal assembly members elected under an alliance with the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
- What
- The DEM Party said it would readmit those members.
- When
- The announcement was made on Monday, November 2, 2026.
- Where
- The members serve in several municipal assemblies, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
- Why
- The members expressed a desire to return after a recent meeting, and the party administration agreed.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Municipal assembly members were elected under an alliance between the DEM Party and the CHP.
The members expressed a desire to return to the DEM Party, and its administration agreed.
The DEM Party announced that it would readmit the members.
- Party
- Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party)
- Alliance partner
- Republican People’s Party (CHP)
- Election year
- 2024
- Expected impact
- Changes to the composition of several municipal assemblies
- Named municipality
- Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
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