Erdogan's party had hoped to win 100 municipalities in eastern and southeastern Turkey, giving the prime minister a stronger mandate for his reform programme while isolating and weakening the PKK.
Erdoganova se stranka nadala osvojiti 100 općina na jugu i jugoistoku Turske, čime bi bio ojačan premijerov mandat za njegov program reforme, a PKK bi bila izolirana i oslabljena.