ed ▁for ▁two ▁weeks ▁after ▁the ▁vote . ▁This ▁result ▁was ▁made ▁public ▁after ▁a ▁black out , ▁by ▁which ▁point ▁the ▁C HP ▁candidate ▁was ▁up ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁votes . ▁N umer ous ▁rec ount s , ▁elect oral ▁compla ints , ▁legal ▁disput es , ▁alleg ed ▁cor ruption , ▁accus ations ▁of ▁terror ist ▁invol vement ▁and ▁police ▁operations ▁took ▁place ▁after ▁the ▁election , ▁initi ated ▁mainly ▁by ▁the ▁A K P . ▁ İ m amo ğ lu ▁was ▁sw orn ▁in ▁as ▁mayor , ▁though ▁a ▁new ▁election ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁June . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁an ▁unexpected ▁lands lide ▁victory ▁for ▁ İ m amo ğ lu , ▁who ▁defeated ▁Y ı ld ı r ı m ▁by ▁over ▁nine ▁points , ▁ 5 4 . 2 % ▁to ▁ 4 5 %. ▁ ▁Background ▁Turkey ▁holds ▁local ▁elections ▁every ▁five ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁Sunday ▁of ▁March . ▁The ▁last ▁election , ▁held ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁victory ▁for ▁the ▁gover ning ▁Justice ▁and ▁Development ▁Party ▁( AK P ), ▁which ▁won ▁control ▁of ▁both ▁Ist an bul ▁and ▁An k ara , ▁Turkey ' s ▁top ▁two ▁cities . ▁The ▁main ▁opposition ▁Republican ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁( CH P ) ▁came ▁second , ▁winning ▁control ▁of ▁ İ z mir , ▁Turkey ' s ▁third ▁largest ▁city . ▁The ▁elections ▁were ▁the