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![]() October 2019: Turkey, with a total population of some 82 million people, has eight cities with more than one million inhabitants. More than 42 per cent of Turks live in the country’s 20 largest cities. The residents of Istanbul some 15 million already account for more than 18 per cent of the country’s population. Despite the numerical, economic and cultural importance of Turkish cities, Turkey remains a highly centralised unitary state. While, as a member of the Council of Europe, Turkey is obliged to guarantee the political, administrative and financial independence of local authorities, the Council’s monitoring committee has reported ‘fundamental deficits in implementation’. While the findings were announced well before the March 2019 local elections, the annulment of the initial results of the mayoral election in Istanbul and the dismissal of the elected mayors of Diyarbakir and Van over allegations of links to Kurdish separatists in August 2019, strengthen the authors’ assertions that the independence of local authorities in Turkey is still threatened by central government. Main political parties in Turkey AKP (Justice and Development Party); Conservative, authoritarian; Party of President Recep Erdogan; Members of Parliament: 291/600; Control of municipalities: 737/1,351 CHP (Republican People’s Party); Social-democratic, centre-left; Main opposition party; Members of Parliament: 140/600; Control of municipalities: 261/1,351 HDP (People’s Democratic Party); Socialist, liberal; Second largest opposition party; Members of Parliament: 62/600; Control of municipalities: 62/1,351 MHP (Nationalist Movement Party); Far-right. Nationalist; Members of Parliament: 49/600; Control of municipalities: 234/1,351 IVI (IVI Party); Conservative, liberal, pro-European; Members of Parliament: 39/600; Control of municipalities: 25/1,351 DP (Democrat party); Centre-right, liberal; Members of Parliament: 1/600; Control of municipalities: 8/1,351 DSP (Democratic Left Party); Social democrat, centre-left; Members of Parliament: 0/600; Control of municipalities: 5/1,351 Mayors of the largest Turkish cities
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