Politics · Turkey · 4 hrs ago
Tahir Büyükakın Named Alliance Candidate for Municipal Union Vote
The Union of Municipalities of Türkiye is preparing to elect a new deputy chair.
The process follows the detention of several mayors, including Mersin Mayor Vahap Seçer, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and Adana Mayor Zeydan Karalar.
The governing Cumhur Alliance has chosen Kocaeli Mayor Tahir Büyükakın as its candidate.
The union’s extraordinary council meeting is scheduled for 15 October at 14:30 in Ankara.
The vote will decide who serves as deputy chair.
Büyükakın said the alliance would continue working together to provide services.
The meeting is the next step in the selection process.
Tahir Büyükakın, the mayor of Kocaeli, was named the Cumhur Alliance candidate in the Türkiye Municipalities Union election.
The union is preparing to elect a new deputy chair after the detentions of several mayors.
An extraordinary union council meeting is scheduled for 15 October at 14:30 in Ankara.
The meeting will be held at the InterContinental Grand Ankara Hotel.
Büyükakın said the alliance would continue working together for Kocaeli and Türkiye.
- Who
- Tahir Büyükakın, mayor of Kocaeli, is the Cumhur Alliance candidate.
- What
- The Türkiye Municipalities Union is preparing to elect a new deputy chair.
- When
- The extraordinary council meeting is scheduled for 15 October at 14:30.
- Where
- InterContinental Grand Ankara Hotel in Ankara.
- Why
- The union began a new election process after the detention of Mersin Mayor Vahap Seçer and is preparing to elect a deputy chair following the detentions of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and Adana Mayor Zeydan Karalar.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Türkiye Municipalities Union began a new election process following the detention of Mersin Mayor Vahap Seçer.
An extraordinary union council meeting is scheduled for 14:30 at the InterContinental Grand Ankara Hotel in Ankara.
- Candidate
- Tahir Büyükakın
- Candidate's office
- Mayor of Kocaeli
- Union
- Türkiye Municipalities Union
- Meeting date and time
- 15 October at 14:30
- Meeting venue
- InterContinental Grand Ankara Hotel, Ankara
What people are saying
As the Cumhur Alliance, in unity and solidarity, we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder and provide services for both Kocaeli and our country.
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