President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the transition of Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality to AKP. This event recalls a similar situation from 1998.

Following the arrest of Gaziosmanpaşa Mayor Hakan Bahçetepe, AKP candidate Eray Karadeniz was elected as the deputy mayor. Erdoğan congratulated the party members for this success.

The events of 1998 during Erdoğan's term as Istanbul Mayor are brought back into focus with this transition. There was also a similar political solidarity at that time.

Erdoğan stated, "I congratulate our council members for this successful voting result," emphasizing the party's achievement. This change in Gaziosmanpaşa could reshape Turkey's political dynamics.