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Barbaros Gezgin elected Milas Deputy Mayor
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Barbaros Gezgin elected Milas Municipality leadership crisis Deputy Mayor
A police operation was conducted targeting the Milas Municipality in Muğla, Turkey, which is administered by the Republican People's Party (CHP). Following led to the arrest and removal of Mayor Fevzi Topuz, Topuz. The Republican People's Party (CHP) has maintained that Topuz is innocent, despite a confidentiality order on the legal case. Following Topuz's removal, the Milas Municipal Council scheduled held an election for extraordinary meeting to elect a deputy mayor. The council is politically divided, with the CHP, Yeni Parti, election process was marked by political division and the People's Alliance each holding 10 members. Within procedural disputes. In the CHP, first round, CHP candidate Çağlar Koban has emerged as a prominent received 10 votes, Yeni Parti candidate Barbaros Gezgin received 9, and is reportedly the preferred choice of the detained Mayor Topuz. In the People's Alliance, Ejder Üstek is Alliance candidate Sibel Karakaş received 8. A second round resulted in a leading candidate, three-way tie with 10 votes each. During the third round, Gezgin and Karakaş both received 10 votes, while Murat Yazar is Koban received 9. However, a potential candidate vote for Koban was declared invalid due to a typographical error, where the Yeni Parti. Turkish character “ğ” was written as “g”. The CHP Deputy Chairman and Party Spokesperson Müslim Sarı stated that the party aims group filed a formal objection to protect this decision, but it was ultimately rejected. In the will final fourth round of voting, Barbaros Gezgin secured 18 votes to Karakaş’s 10, officially winning the people. Sarı also expressed belief in Topuz's innocence, noting a lack of concrete evidence for position. The meeting was presided over by First Deputy Council President Mehmet Murat Yazar, who stated his detention despite hope for a confidentiality order on fair conclusion to the legal case. ongoing judicial process regarding the former mayor.
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