Ayşe Ünlüce Becomes the New Deputy President of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey
Following the removal from office of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ayşe Ünlüce was elected as the first female deputy president of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey in the subsequent election.
An election was held for the vacant deputy presidency of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB) following the arrest and removal from office of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer on various charges. As a result of the four-round voting, CHP-backed Yeni Party candidate and Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ayşe Ünlüce received 417 votes, becoming TBB's first female deputy president.
During the election process, Ayşe Ünlüce competed against the People's Alliance candidate, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tahir Büyükakın. In the four rounds of voting, Ünlüce received 417 votes in the final round, while her rival Tahir Büyükakın remained at 369 votes.
The voting rounds took place as follows: In the first round, Ünlüce received 409 and Büyükakın 369; in the second round, Ünlüce 403 and Büyükakın 385; and in the third round, Ünlüce received 406 and Büyükakın 363 votes. Vahap Seçer had been removed from office on charges of "forgery of official documents, rigging bids, forming an organization, and fraud."
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