Local elections in Turkey were marked as the victory of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), because it was strong in more than half of the country's municipalities. According to informal results, AK Party has won 575 out of 1,046 municipalities in the country. Out of 30 civic municipalities, 51 municipalities and 960 district municipalities, one party came to the top in 15 metropolitan municipalities and led the voting in 24 other provinces and 536 districts. In 2014, AK Party won local elections in 18 metropolitan municipalities, 30 provinces and 559 districts.

According to the #Turkish media, while AK Party took the municipalities of Zhangldak and Gireson from the main Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), they experienced a revival in eastern and southeastern provinces with the People's Democratic Party (HDP) with Bitlus, Rincon and Agre Done

According to World News Arabia, in the districts of metropolitan cities, one party has been out of the election as the most successful party. The party led the voting in 25 out of 39 districts of Istanbul. In Ankara, it made an edge in 19 out of 25 districts. After casting his vote and organizing a press conference on local election results in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan later proceeded to Ankara and delivered a speech in a balcony at #AKParty headquarters..