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Ankara mayor says has ‘no intention’ of running for president in 2023
Ankara’s popular mayor, Mansur Yavaş, from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has said he has no intention of standing as a presidential...
Ankara mayor breaks national Twitch record with 362K live viewers on stream
Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş broke the national viewing record for a stream on Twitch, the Amazon-owned platform known for broadcasting video game play, on...
Investigation launched into Ankara mayor over bribery accusations
An investigation has
been launched into Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş from the main opposition
Republican People’s Party (CHP) on accusations of bribery, according to Turkish
media reports.The...
Man employed by former Ankara mayor as ‘Fetö specialist’ never worked
Çetin Acar was employed
as a specialist on Fetö, a derogatory term coined by the Turkish government to
refer to the Gülen movement as a terrorist...
Ankara mayor files complaint against former mayor over claims of water pollution in capital
Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has filed a criminal
complaint against Melih Gökçek, mayor of Ankara from 1994 to 2017, on allegations of creating
panic and fear...
Turkey’s TRT asks scientist to contradict opposition mayor over water quality
Professor
Esin Davutoğlu Şenol, a microbiologist at Gazi University in Ankara, has said
she was asked by Turkey’s state-funded TRT broadcaster to contradict newly
elected opposition mayor...
Election board officially declares Yavaş winner of Ankara mayoral race
The opposition’s Ankara mayoral candidate, Mansur
Yavaş, on Monday officially became mayor of Turkey’s capital city, accepting
the mandate from the Supreme Election Board (YSK).Yavaş won...
After meeting with Erdoğan, Ankara mayor says he’ll resign on Saturday
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek announced after a meeting with ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on...
Ankara mayor blames Gülen for son’s defeat in chamber of commerce election
Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Turkey’s capital province of Ankara, has blamed the Gülen movement for the defeat of his son, Osman Gökçek, in...
Ankara mayor: Tremendous increase in personal weapons in post-coup Turkey
An increasing number of citizens have been arming themselves following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek said...