DEM Party’s impact on local elections: Candidates, trustees and vote shares

Newroz celebrations Sunday in the eastern Van province. © DEM Party

İSTANBUL & URFA — As Turkey prepares for local elections in less than two weeks, all eyes are on the “Kurdish vote,” which is often defined as Turkey’s “swing vote”.

This is particularly the case in this year’s İstanbul race. Many discussions in the pre-election period focused on whether …