Candidates of the three parties received around ten times more votes than the difference between İmamoğlu and his AKP rival Yıldırım on March 31 local elections.

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener has spoken about the cancellation of İstanbul elections in the weekly group meeting of her party: “No one has the right to interfere in the rules of the judiciary and democracy. We completely reject this coup.”

European Union (EU) officials and politicians from Europe have criticized the Supreme Election Council (YSK) verdict for a rerun of İstanbul local elections.

After İmamoğlu said, “They say, ‘Artists don’t speak’, they will. Now, it is time to speak. You will see everything will be fine”, artists have denounced the ruling of the Supreme Election Council under the hashtag #herseycokguzelolacak (Everything will be fine).

İmamoğlu has held a rally after the election body ruled for a repeat election in İstanbul, urging his supporters not to lose their hope.

Speaking about the cancellation of Metropolitan Mayorship Elections in İstanbul, Kerestecioğlu said, “The way leading to the elections has never been just or equal for us. Now, Turkey has seen that what is done in Kurdish regions can also be done in İstanbul.”

Politicians, lawyers and journalists took to Twitter to comment on the Supreme Election Council (YSK) verdict for a repeat election in İstanbul.

Spokesperson of the Cypriot Government has said that they may issue an international arrest warrant against Turkey's drilling activities, while Turkey's Foreign Ministry has responded to a warning by the US.

After imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has met his lawyers for the first time since 2011, the lawyers have held a statement for the press and shared the details of their meeting. Lawyers could meet Öcalan after making 810 applications.

HDP MP Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary question on the prison sentences given to the Turkish Medical Association members for a declaration they published on Turkey's military operation in Syria's Afrin.

The two-day Digital Security Workshop has been completed and the participants took their certificates.

After Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has announced that Turkey has started natural gas exploration activities in western Cyprus, the US Department of State has released a written statement: “We urge Turkish authorities to halt these operations.”

Lawyers from the Law Bureau of This Age (Asrın Hukuk Bürosu) have announced that they had a meeting with imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on May 2. The lawyers will make a statement for the press today at 3 p.m. local time in Turkey.

Seven workers who were dismissed from İzmir TARİŞ factory for unionizing and labor union executives who protested the dismissals have been each sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “deprivation of liberty.”

The 2018 updates of the "Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) Project" by bianet and Reporters Without Borders Germany have been completed. Findings show that transparency in ownership and political affiliations has deteriorated in the last three years.

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has ruled that the local elections shall be cancelled and repeat elections shall be held in İstanbul, where CHP’s Ekrem İmamoğlu was elected the Metropolitan Mayor according to unofficial local election results.

The Diyarbakır-based Socio-Political Field Research Center has conducted face-to-face interviews with the members of 120 households who had to leave Suriçi. The displaced people are faced with unemployment, poverty and psychological problems.

State-run Anadolu Agency has alleged that 43 balloting committee chairs and members investigated in relation with İstanbul local elections have links with the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), which is held responsible for July 15 coup attempt.

The Journalists Union of Turkey has released its "Press Freedom Report" on the occasion of the May 3 World Press Freedom Day.

Announcing its verdict on the individual applications of journalists Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and Ali Bulaç, the Constitutional Court has ruled that there is no violation of rights in arrest of Ilıcak and Altan. The court has accepted the application of Bulaç.