As the vote approaches, the municipal elections arouse little enthusiasm. The government and the opposition are fighting over the largest cities, Istanbul and Ankara, which the opposition has ruled since 2019.
But the campaign in recent weeks has lacked momentum, writes Anne Andlauer. "We can say that this is the dullest, least enthusiastic campaign in Turkey in the last fifteen years, if not more," she says. 'This is the ninth in ten years, or even the tenth if we count the last municipal elections in Istanbul, which were held twice, in March and June 2019'