Developments in Üsküdar Municipal Assembly Vice Presidency Election: AK Party Files Criminal Complaint

AK Party Üsküdar District President Taha Sarıcaoğlu announced that they have filed two separate criminal complaints regarding the vice presidency election held in the Üsküdar Municipal Assembly. Sarıcaoğlu stated that they will also file a lawsuit in the administrative court for the annulment of the election process and the renewal of the election. Sarıcaoğlu evaluated the developments in the election process. After 6 CHP council members voted in favor of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Vice Presidential candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin in the third round, the election was interrupted in a way that deviated from its normal course, and their requests for the election to continue without interruption were not accepted, he said. Sarıcaoğlu stated that it was alleged that the CHP council members were threatened in their group rooms and faced pressure to change their preferences in the last round. Referring to the debates about the validity of some ballot papers in the fourth round, Sarıcaoğlu said that the letters and symbols on the ballot papers were evaluated in different ways, resulting in the votes being deemed invalid. Sarıcaoğlu showed the ballot papers in his hand and said, 'In this ballot paper, the letter G was likened to 6. Another legal anomaly, which may seem a bit funny, is that the letter Z was likened to the letter T and the number 2. Another arbitrary action was that the emphasis made on the letter K in the vote given to our candidate Dündar Ziya Gültekin was considered sufficient to invalidate this vote.'