Kurtulus is one of the localities of Kahramanmaras Merkez; it had 2,286 registered voters at the 2011 parliamentary election.
AK Parti took 77.0% in the neighborhood at that election. Across Kahramanmaras Merkez the same party stood at 80.3%, putting the neighborhood 3.2 points below the district average. At the 2010 referendum 84.2% of the neighborhood voted 'yes'; across the district that was 89.4%.
The picture has not changed since 2009: AK Parti has finished first in all of the last 4 elections.