In Turkey, the main pro-Kurdish left party, the DEM, organized a large gathering this Sunday, March 17 in Istanbul for the Nowruz festival. The votes of the movement's voters are particularly coveted, particularly in the economic capital of the country.

In Istanbul, the outgoing opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu needs a large part of DEM voters to vote for him, in order to win against the ruling candidate. At the time of choice, DEM voters are divided; debates between voters on the attitude to adopt will last until election day.