Elif Eralp Finished His Speech in Turkish
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Elif Eralp ended her victory speech on election night in Turkish with the words “Tarih yazdik arkadaslar” - “We wrote history, friends” - after the DiLinke led by her came out first in the elections for Berlin on September 20, 2026 and opened her way to the post of first mayor of the German capital of migrant origin. According to preliminary results, the party received about 25.1% of the votes, against 14.3% for the Greens and 12.1% for the SPD.…
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