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<\/p>\nIstanbul Governor's Office announced that Be\u015fikta\u015f Municipality Assembly will hold an election on January 23rd to elect a deputy mayor to replace the suspended Be\u015fikta\u015f Mayor R\u0131za Akpolat.<\/p>\n
Following the governorate's announcement, all eyes turned to the deputy mayoral elections to be held tomorrow.
\nAlthough the fact that all 31 names elected as Be\u015fikta\u015f Municipality Council Members in the March 31, 2024 elections are CHP members seems to make things easier, the election is expected to be a critical race due to internal party balances and prominent names.<\/p>\n
In addition to the name supported by the imprisoned Mayor R\u0131za Akpolat and Erdo\u011fan Toprak, it was learned that \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel, the Chairman, G\u00f6kan Zeybek, the Deputy Chairman in charge of Local Governments, Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, the IBB Mayor and \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00c7elik, the Istanbul Provincial Chairman, were also closely involved in the election of the deputy mayor.<\/p>\n
Although Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu points to R\u0131za Akpolat in the election of the deputy mayor, both \u0130mamo\u011flu and other actors continue to lobby behind the scenes for the election of the name they support.<\/p>\n
One of the most prominent names for the deputy chairmanship is Sebahattin \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, former CHP Be\u015fikta\u015f District Chairman. The fact that \u00d6zt\u00fcrk is an experienced name who knows both the district and the party increases his chances.<\/p>\n
G\u00f6kan Zeybek, on the other hand, is known to support Fahrettin \u00c7\u0131rak, Be\u015fikta\u015f Municipality Assembly Member and Chairman of the Council. The fact that \u00c7\u0131rak comes from the construction sector stands out as his biggest handicap. It is said that CHP councilmembers do not favor the election of a contractor as deputy mayor, especially in such a period.<\/p>\n
Another name mentioned is \u0130lker Uluer, who is also a member of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Assembly.<\/p>\n
Uluer is said to be trying to increase his chances with propaganda that he has the support of both \u0130mamo\u011flu and the R\u0131za Akpolat\/Erdo\u011fan Toprak team.<\/p>\n
Ali R\u0131za Y\u0131lmaz, Deputy Mayor and Council Member of Be\u015fikta\u015f, is also among the candidates. He is among the defendants facing up to 17 years in prison in the case related to the fire that broke out during renovations at a nightclub in Be\u015fikta\u015f on April 2, 2024, killing 29 people. It is said that Y\u0131lmaz's chances are also low due to the ongoing case against him.<\/p>\n
The last name mentioned for the deputy mayor to replace R\u0131za Akpolat is \u00d6mer Rasim \u015ei\u015fman, whose star is rising rapidly within the party and who was also appointed as CHP IBB Group Secretary.<\/p>\n
Born in 1991, \u015ei\u015fman, who grew up in the CHP Youth Branch and is also the President of the Social Democracy Foundation (SODEV), is one of the names recognized by some council members.<\/p>\n
\u015ei\u015fman, who is among the names allegedly supported by Erdo\u011fan Toprak and R\u0131za Akpolat, has a marriage story similar to R\u0131za Akpolat's in his private life.<\/p>\n
R\u0131za Akpolat, who divorced Derya Akpolat, the mother of his two children, married Ye\u015fim A\u011f\u0131rman, former CHP Istanbul Provincial Women's Branch Chair Ye\u015fim A\u011f\u0131rman, who divorced her husband Metin A\u011f\u0131rman, last July.<\/p>\n
The wedding ceremony, which was attended by the party's senior management, including CHP Chairman \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel and IBB Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, was widely discussed in the press and party public opinion.<\/p>\n
The reason for this was that Metin A\u011f\u0131rman, whom Ye\u015fim A\u011f\u0131rman divorced, was also a party member and family friends with the Akpolat family.<\/p>\n
It was also learned that Canem Avc\u0131, whom \u00d6mer Rasim \u015ei\u015fman married in 2023, was married to E.K. from the CHP Youth Branch and divorced after this affair and married \u015ei\u015fman.<\/p>\n
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This similarity in \u015ei\u015fman's private life led CHP members to object to his appointment to the seat vacated by R\u0131za Akpolat, saying \u201cWe cannot afford another R\u0131za Akpolat case. This would create a new public debate\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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