mir ' e ▁ İ yi ▁bir ▁Bak an ▁Laz ı m ', ▁which ▁could ▁be ▁translated ▁both ▁as ▁' İ z mir ▁needs ▁a ▁good ▁Minister ' ▁or ▁' İ z mir ▁needs ▁someone ▁to ▁look ▁after ▁it ▁well ', ▁he ▁set ▁out ▁ 3 5 ▁projects ▁for ▁ İ z mir , ▁co - inc iding ▁with ▁ İ z mir ' s ▁license ▁plate ▁code , ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁ 3 5 . ▁These ▁included ▁a ▁tunnel ▁and ▁bridge ▁linking ▁the ▁southern ▁and ▁northern ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁ İ z mir . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁a ▁dub ious ▁poll ▁showed ▁that ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁was ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁C HP ▁in ▁ İ z mir . ▁Despite ▁accus ations ▁of ▁government ▁elect oral ▁fra ud ▁and ▁intent ional ▁power ▁cut s ▁designed ▁to ▁ob struct ▁the ▁counting ▁process , ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁lost ▁the ▁election ▁and ▁came ▁second ▁to ▁the ▁C HP ▁candidate ▁and ▁inc umb ent ▁Mayor ▁Az iz ▁K oc ao ğ lu , ▁who ▁won ▁ 4 9 . 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁compared ▁to ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ' s ▁ 3 5 . 9 %. ▁Following ▁the ▁election , ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁pra ised ▁the ▁A K P ' s ▁local ▁g ains ▁in ▁ İ z mir ▁where ▁the ▁party ▁took ▁ 6 ▁local ▁mayor alt ies , ▁stating ▁that