The March 31, 2024, municipal elections in Turkey represented an important signal for the country’s changing sociopolitical environment. Indeed, the opposition led by the CHP party succeeded in a threefold feat: confirming itself in the big cities, expanding its consensus geographically, and, most importantly, overtaking Erdoğan’s AKP at the national level for the first time. The result appears even more striking when one considers that just a year ago presidential and parliamentary elections had reconfirmed Erdoğan and his party. Although these two elections underlie different dynamics, it is crucial to analyze the factors that led to this partial reversal and that will undoubtedly have an impact on Turkey’s future.
Edited by Samuele C.A. Abrami and Riccardo Gasco
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