▁fra ud ▁against ▁the ▁opposition ' s ▁An k ara ▁mayor al ▁candidate ▁Mans ur ▁Y ava ş , ▁which ▁later ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁by ▁an ▁un ver ifiable ▁source . ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁video ▁foot age ▁of ▁the ▁Christ ch urch ▁terror ist ▁attack ▁by ▁A K P ▁leader ▁and ▁President ▁Re cep ▁T ay y ip ▁Er do ğ an ▁during ▁his ▁election ▁r al lies ▁addition ally ▁received ▁international ▁condem n ation ▁and ▁caused ▁diplom atic ▁relations ▁between ▁Turkey ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand ▁to ▁s our . ▁Five ▁people ▁were ▁killed ▁and ▁two ▁were ▁injured ▁during ▁political ▁violence ▁on ▁election ▁day , ▁in ▁two ▁separate ▁inc idents ▁in ▁Gaz iante p ▁and ▁Mal at ya . ▁The ▁election ▁was ▁critic ised ▁by ▁obser vers ▁due ▁to ▁excess ive ▁media ▁bias ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁gover ning ▁People ' s ▁Alliance . ▁ ▁The ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Nation ▁Alliance ▁were ▁initially ▁bes et ▁with ▁issues ▁concerning ▁candidate ▁selection ▁and ▁inner - party ▁divisions , ▁stem ming ▁from ▁their ▁general ▁election ▁loss ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁However , ▁both ▁the ▁C HP ▁and ▁the ▁ İ Y İ ▁Party ▁collect ively ▁managed ▁to ▁out perform ▁expect ations , ▁se cur ing ▁' sh ock ' ▁vict ories ▁in ▁Turkey ' s ▁major ▁metropol itan ▁areas . ▁These ▁included ▁winning ▁control ▁of ▁both ▁An k ara ▁and ▁Ist an bul , ▁Turkey ' s ▁capital ▁and ▁largest ▁city ▁respectively . ▁The ▁C HP ▁also ▁held ▁control ▁of