Kobanê didn't fall, but the AKP did

2015-06-07 22:22:55

URFA (DİHA) -  Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that Kobanê "had fallen and would fall" during Daesh attacks on the city, it is his party that has fallen in the border region near Kobanê.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) pulled in record votes in every single village bordering the Rojava city, averaging 91% in the region. The Kobanê border line was frequently buried in tear gas. The region was often the target of Daesh mortars, Turkish soldiers' live fire and police intervention as a massive crowd of citizens took up a border vigil in the area during the long Kobanê resistance.

The HDP has gotten a record 91% of the vote in the villages that look across a militarized border at the city of Kobanê. The votes in the villages are as follows:

Alizer: HDP 333 - AKP 5
Dewşen: HDP 120 - AKP 1 
Mehser: HDP 133- AKP 42 
Boydê: HDP 144- AKP 9
Şahmanî: HDP 102 - AKP 12
Balaban: HDP 276 - AKP 44
Koç: HDP 244 - AKP 8 
Halep: HDP 103 - AKP 3 
Perepere: HDP 850 - AKP 105
Tilanter: HDP 82 - AKP 1

(cm/nt)