The Justice and Development Party lost in the local elections, as its control was reduced from 39 municipalities to only 24. Some analysts described this shift against the AKP as a punitive vote by voters, expressing their protest against the policies of the Turkish government and the ruling party in various fields.
This time, the elections took place in an unprecedented economic context during the rule of the Justice and development Party. Interest rates in Turkey reached 50%, in parallel with inflation recording its highest levels at 68.5% last March.