Ümit Kocasakal wins Istanbul Bar Association presidency with 9,548 votes
At the 128th Ordinary General Assembly held at the Haliç Congress Center, where 68,469 lawyer voters cast ballots, Kocasakal, the candidate of the Republican Power Alliance, came first.
On the second day of Istanbul Bar Association's 128th Ordinary General Assembly, votes were counted following the voting process held at the Haliç Congress Center from 09:00 to 17:00. According to unofficial results, Ümit Kocasakal, the candidate of the Republican Power Alliance, won the presidency with 9,548 votes.
The vote distribution for other candidates was as follows: İbrahim Özden Kaboğlu, candidate of the Lawyers Group for Change, received 6,607 votes; Atakan Adem Selanik, candidate of the Republican Lawyers Group, received 3,546 votes; Hasan Kılıç, joint candidate of Principle First CAG, received 3,316 votes; Korkut Kanadoğlu, candidate of the Lawyer Rights Group, received 2,424 votes; Arife Gökkaya Dinç, candidate of the Independent Lawyers Group, received 1,362 votes; Salih Uçar, candidate of the Turkish Nationalist Lawyers Group, received 660 votes; independent candidate Gülbeyaz Karadeniz received 439 votes; and Metin Üraçin, candidate of the Istanbul Lawyers Association, received 89 votes. A total of 389 votes were recorded as blank or invalid.
In the election, 172 ballot boxes were established, and 68,469 lawyers were expected to cast votes.
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