nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190529-122203-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190527s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190529-122203-0 doi eng 342 23 Oder, Bertil Emrah Author aut A Do-Over for Istanbul: Gripping Electoral Law and Democratic Resilience Oder, Bertil Emrah Verfassungsblog 2019-05-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 31 March 2019, Turkey’s municipal elections resulted in a shock defeat for the ruling AK Party of president Erdoğan in the overwhelming majority of metropolitan cities. The Supreme Electoral Board canceled the Istanbul election soon after by announcing its reasoning on 22 May. The entire process illustrates how the AK Party has been adjusting the electoral law in a way that has now resulted in the cancellation and re-run of Istanbul’s mayoral election. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 AKP Electoral Law Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-do-over-for-istanbul-gripping-electoral-law-and-democratic-resilience/ raw object