The DTP won mayoral positions in the symbolically important city of Diyarbakir, as well as in seven other cities and 50 towns in southeast Turkey -- an increase of four cities and 18 towns from the 2004 local elections.
DTP je osvojio gradonačelničke mandate u simbolički važnom gradu Diyarbakiru, kao i u još sedam većih i 50 manjih gradova na jugoistoku Turske, što je za četiri velika i 18 manjih gradova bolje nego na lokalnim izborima 2004.