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Turkey Reinstates Newly-Elected Pro-Kurdish Mayor After Protests (www.improvethenews.org)
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  • Turkey has validated the victory of Abdullah Zeydan of the pro-Kurdish Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) as mayor of the city of Van after his initial disqualification sparked protests. Barrons
  • Zeydan won Sunday's municipal polls in the eastern city with 55% of the vote, but a court disqualified his candidacy at the last moment, as he had previously spent time in prison. ABC News
  • Zeydan was arrested in 2016 for criticizing Turkish military action taken against Kurdish militants in the southeast. Zeydan's disqualification cleared the path for Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party's (AKP) candidate to take the post. Le Monde.fr
  • Zeydan's removal sparked protests on Wednesday, as hundreds hit the streets in areas including Batman and Hakkari, clashing with police. Yahoo News
  • Zeydan's party then appealed to Turkey's High Electoral Board which, on Wednesday, decided to reinstate him, marking a major setback to Erdoğan's AKP. ABC News
  • Turkey's main opposition party, Republican People’s Party (CHP), won a plurality of the vote, holding on to Istanbul and the capital Ankara as well as gaining other major cities. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)

Narrative A:

  • The brazen disqualification of Abdullah Zeydan was clearly an attempted political coup against him and his DEM party by Islamic hardliner Pres. Recip Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP. It is likely that only the international scrutiny that this move attracted over the country's electoral process and minority rights prompted Zeydan's reinstatement. This farcical episode only showcases the problems undermining Turkey's political system.
    MEDYA NEWS

Narrative B:

  • Abdullah Zeydan was sentenced to eight years in prison for terror-related charges. This includes aiding a terrorist organization and spreading propaganda. His party was even accused of having ties to an armed group designated a terrorist organization by, not only Turkey, but even the US and the EU. It is totally inappropriate that he was allowed to be elected to a democratic post.
    TURKISH MINUTE

Nerd narrative:

  • There is a 7% chance that Turkey will be a member of the European Union by 2040, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
    METACULUS (LR: 3 CP: 3)
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