Cemil Tugay, mayor of Türkiye’s third-largest city, Izmir, joined the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Wednesday in a landmark move for the party, which has faile...
Burgemeester Cemil Tugay trad in 2024 aan namens de grootste oppositiepartij CHP, maar stapte woensdag over naar de AKP. CHP won in maart 2024 in een aantal grote steden de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen. Sindsdien wordt de partij in toenemende mate onderdrukt.
Cemil Tugay joins ruling AKP after vowing he would never switch sides in coup for Turkish president The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third city and an opposition stronghold, has defected to the ruling AKP in a move hailed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president. Turkey’s opposition is battling…
The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on the opposition in which dozens of mayors have been jailed. Cemil Tugay, elected mayor in 2024 as a candidate of the…
ANKARA, Oct 7 - The mayor of Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on the opposition in which dozens of mayors have been jailed.
ANKARA: The mayor of Izmir, Turkiye’s third city and an opposition stronghold, on Wednesday defected to the ruling AKP, in a huge symbolic victory for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) admitted Cemil Tugay, mayor of Türkiye’s third largest city Izmir on Wednesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was scheduled to...
