Why has the AK Party made significant gains in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeastern and eastern regions?
Sirnak’s Cizre district has gained a completely different outlook after Ankara has appointed trustees, who have been supported by a powerful investment package, to lead the province, removing the HDP mayor.
The AK Party has made crucial gains in Sirnak, Agri and Bitlis where the PKK-linked People’s Democratic Party has won previous local elections, initial results have shown. Mehmet Yarka, the AK Party candidate for the Sirnak province, which is located in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish-populated southeastern region.
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