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AK Party Candidate Wins Istanbul's Üsküdar Acting Mayor Election

Summary by Daily Sabah
Dündar Ziya Gültekin, a municipal council member from Türkiye's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), was elected acting mayor of Istanbul's Üsküdar district Monday in a...

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Tensions rose in front of the town hall after AK Party candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin won the presidential election in Üsküdar City Council in the fourth round. AK Party leaders, who tried to enter the city hall with the final results of the election, faced fierce protests from the CHP and the New Party group.

Haber 7 - The results of the Üsküdar Municipality elections were announced today. AK Party council member Dündar Ziya Gültekin was appointed to the position in the repeated vote. In the fourth round of voting in the repeated election in the Municipal Council, AK Party council member Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who received 23 out of 42 votes, was elected as the acting mayor. So, who is Dündar Ziya Gültekin, the acting mayor of Üsküdar?

Following the arrest and subsequent removal from office of Üsküdar Municipality Mayor Sinem Dedetaş in an operation orchestrated by the ruling party against CHP-led municipalities through the judiciary, CHP candidate Sibel Tan Çetinkaya won the acting mayor election. However, following an objection from the AKP, the election was rerun today. LOST AT THE BALLOT BOX, WON THROUGH AN OPERATION After the annulled acting mayor election, CHP council me…

In Üsküdar, AK Party's candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin was elected deputy mayor. The first statement from the NEW Party came after the elections.

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Daily Sabah broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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