尔市长加入了总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安领导的正义与发展党，使该党成功掌控了土耳其第三大城市。这座城市长期以来一直是反对派的据点，在正义与发展党执政的23年多时间里，该党从未在此赢得过选举。
The mayor of Izmir joined President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, handing it control of Turkey’s third-largest city and an opposition stronghold it’s never won in an election in more than 23 years in power.
周三，埃尔多安在正义与发展党会议上宣布了杰米尔·图盖的入党决定。图盖于2024年以反对派候选人身份当选伊兹密尔市长。
Erdogan announced the membership of Cemil Tugay, who was elected in 2024 under the opposition ticket, at an AK Party meeting on Wednesday.
此举对本就处境艰难的土耳其反对派而言无疑是又一沉重打击。过去两年间，数十名反对派民选官员因各类腐败指控遭到逮捕；许多省份及地区的控制权也相继易主，其中包括一些在2024年地方选举中由反对派从正义与发展党手中夺回的地区。被逮捕者中还包括伊斯坦布尔市长兼总统候选人埃克雷姆·伊马莫卢。
The move is the latest blow to an already battered opposition in Turkey, which in the past two years has had dozens of elected officials arrested on a wide range of corruption-related charges and the control of many provinces or districts wrested away — including several it flipped from AK Party rule in municipal elections in 2024. Those arrested include Istanbul Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu.
拥有450万人口的伊兹密尔对反对派而言具有极强的象征意义。在这座爱琴海沿岸的港口城市，世俗主义情绪根深蒂固；在埃尔多安近25年的执政期间，尽管伊斯坦布尔、安卡拉等城市的控制权几经易主，但当地选民始终支持反对派候选人。2024年选举中，图盖以约12个百分点的优势击败了正义与发展党候选人。
Losing Izmir, which has a population of 4.5 million, will represent a deep symbolic wound. Secularist sentiment is strong in the Aegean port city, which has only ever voted in opposition candidates throughout Erdogan’s almost quarter-century in power, even as cities such as Istanbul and Ankara have changed hands. Tugay defeated the AK Party candidate in 2024 by about 12 percentage points.
据土耳其媒体Medyascope报道，过去两年间已有近80名省级、市级或区级市长转投正义与发展党。反对派官员称此类转党行为多是在司法压力之下发生的；而土耳其司法部则坚称其执法行动不受政治因素影响。
Nearly 80 provincial, municipal or district mayors have transferred to the AK Party in the past two years, according to local media outlet Medyascope. Opposition officials allege such moves occur under pressure of prosecution. The justice ministry says its operations are free of political influence.
司法部长阿金·古尔莱克于9月中旬透露，尽管存在任期限制，埃尔多安仍计划在2028年寻求连任——这一表态堪称这位执政已逾25年的72岁总统政治意图的最明确信号。本周，总统的执政联盟伙伴还敦促议会投票决定提前举行大选，以便埃尔多安能够参选。
Erdogan will seek reelection in 2028 despite term limitations, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said in mid-September, one of the clearest signals yet of the 72-year-old longtime ruler’s plans. The president’s coalition partner urged parliament this week to vote to move up the election date, which would allow Erdogan to run.
图盖伊加入了共和人民党的一波辞职潮，此前法院于5月作出裁决，解除了该党当选主席厄兹居尔·厄泽尔的职务，并让其极具争议的前任重新掌权。与许多人不同，图盖伊并未加入厄泽尔另组的“新党”，而是继续以独立人士身份行事。
Tugay joined a wave of resignations from the Republican People’s Party after a court decision in May unseated the party’s elected chair, Ozgur Ozel, and reinstalled his polarizing predecessor. Unlike many, Tugay did not join Ozel’s breakaway New Party but continued as an independent.
他在去年的一次采访中表示，自己加入正义与发展党（AK Party）“连百万分之一的机会都没有”。他在今年8月重申：“我目前没有加入任何政党的计划。”
He said in an interview last year that there wasn’t “even a one-in-a-million chance” he’d join the AK Party. He reiterated this past August, “I have no plans to join a political party at this time.”
随后，图盖伊于9月30日在安卡拉总统府拜访了埃尔多安，引发了关于他可能转换党派的猜测。根据访问后发布的声明，图盖伊称他只是向总统“通报了目前伊兹密尔议程上的重要问题”。仅在过去一周内，当局就逮捕了南部梅尔辛省的在野党市长，并拘留了伊斯坦布尔两大区的区长和副区长。
Tugay then visited Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara on Sept. 30, raising questions about a potential party move. In a statement following the visit, Tugay said that he only briefed the president “on the important issues currently on the agenda in Izmir.”In the past week alone, authorities have arrested the opposition mayor of the southern province of Mersin and detained the mayor and deputy mayor of two major Istanbul districts.