AMED – AKP is preparing for the elections in Kurdistan in partnership with the MHP. Only 3 of the 248 names announced as mayoral candidates by the AKP, are women.
There is little time left for the elections in Turkey and Kurdistan on March 31, where local administrators will be elected. While the parties announce their candidates to a large extent, it is noteworthy that the majority of the announced names are men.
In the 2019 local elections, only 45 of 1389 mayors were women. This number is expected to decrease further in this election. The candidates of the parties that received the most votes in the previous elections in Kurdistan have also become largely clear.
People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is preparing for the elections with the co-chairship system. One man and one woman will nominate a candidate for mayor in all centres. AKP, on the other hand, is preparing for the elections with male candidates in the cities of Kurdistan. Only 3 of the 248 candidates nominated so far by the AKP, which will enter the elections in partnership with the MHP, are women; Dîlok (Antep) Metropolitan Municipality Mayor candidate Fatma Şahin, Îdir (Iğdır) Mayor candidate Ulkü Ocal and Bismil Mayor candidate Behiye Güneri Arslan. All other names are male.
* Mereş: Male candidate in the metropolitan city and 11 districts. It will support the MHP candidate in 3 out of 11 districts.
* Meletî: Male candidate in the metropolitan city and 13 districts. It will support the MHP candidate in 2 of 13 districts.
* Dîlok: Metropolitan Mayor Candidate is female, male candidate in 9 districts. It will support MHP's candidate in 3 out of 9 districts.
* Riha (Urfa): All metropolitan and 13 district candidates are male candidates.
* Semsûr (Adıyaman): All candidates in the province and 8 districts are men.
* Amed: Bismil Mayor Candidate Behiye Güneri Aslan, all 17 district candidates are men.
* Êlih: All provincial and 10 district and town candidates are men.
* Sêrt: All provincial and 11 district and town candidates are men.
* Şirnex (Şırnak): All 19 candidates, including the province, 6 districts and 12 towns, are men.
* Colemêrg (Hakkari): All 8 candidates in the provinces, districts and towns are men.
* Agirî (Ağrı): All 12 candidates from provinces, districts and towns are men.
* Îdir (Iğdır): Provincial Mayor Candidate Ulkü Ocak, 7 candidates in districts and towns are men.
* Qers: Male candidate of MHP for Provincial Mayor. AKP will support MHP here. All 8 district municipality candidates are men.
* Erdexan: All 7 of the candidates from the provincial and district municipalities are men.
* Erzirom: All of the metropolitan and 20 mayoral candidates are men. It will support the MHP candidate in 3 out of 20 districts.
* Erzîngan: All candidates in 8 districts and 6 towns are men. In the provincial municipality, it will form an alliance with MHP.
* Muş: All 23 mayoral candidates from provinces, districts and towns are men.
* Bêdlis: All 13 mayoral candidates consisting of provinces, districts and towns are men.
* Wan: All metropolitan and 13 district mayoral candidates are men.”