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NEW Party Issues Statement on Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Üsküdar: 'It Is Clear that AKP Is Preparing for this.'

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Gökhan Günaydın, Deputy Group Leader of the NEW Party, reacted to the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor election, stating that they will appeal the election results. Regarding the ongoing debates targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) via Üsküdar, Günaydın said, "It is clear that the AKP is preparing for the worst-case scenario. They are trying to orchestrate a similar scenario through Istanbul."

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Gökhan Günaydın, Deputy Group Leader of the NEW Party, reacted to the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor election, stating that they will appeal the election results. Regarding the ongoing debates targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) via Üsküdar, Günaydın said, "It is clear that the AKP is preparing for the worst-case scenario. They are trying to orchestrate a similar scenario through Istanbul."

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Gökhan Günaydın, Deputy Group Chairman of the NEW Party, stated that they will appeal the elections in Üsküdar Municipality and claimed that a similar scenario will unfold in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

Gökhan Günaydın, Deputy Group Leader of the NEW Party, announced that they will appeal the election for acting mayor held at Üsküdar Municipality. Following the defection of four CHP council members to the AKP and the arrest of two others, the election, which was held again yesterday, was won by the AKP candidate Dündar Can Gültekin.

Haber 7 - Gökhan Günaydın, Deputy Group Chairman of the New Party, announced that they will object to the deputy mayor election held at Üsküdar Municipality.

Gökhan Günaydın, Deputy Group Chairman of the NEW Party, announced that they will object to the deputy mayor election held at Üsküdar Municipality. Günaydın described the election, held on September 8th, as a "dark stain on Turkey's democratic electoral life," arguing that the process was a systematic and planned conspiracy.

The Üsküdar Municipality elections, criticisms regarding cooperation with the CHP, and the congress process were evaluated at the NEW Party Central Executive Committee meeting. The agenda at the NEW Party Central Executive Committee meeting focused on Üsküdar: Officials responded to the question, "Is the real target the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality?" (Medyascope)

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elipshaber.com broke the news on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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