04.04.2024 16:31 Geographies of metropolitan politics and populist strategy “Teaching the government a lesson” interpretation for Turkey’s local election results does not explain why voters preferred the CHP when they had a wider range of preferences. Clearly, Akşener and İnce wanted to do to the CHP what the YRP did to the AKP. However, it did not happen. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the election results not only in terms of the negative, the AKP's defeat, but also in terms of the positive, the victory of the CHP.