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Election 2019
Pro-Kurdish Mayor-elects receive mandate in Sur district
Elected co-mayors from the opposition pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), Feyme Filiz Buluttekin and Cemal…
AKP, MHP aim to slow down recounting in an Istanbul district: Opposition…
Faik Oztrak, the spokesperson of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), claimed on Friday that the…
Critics lash out at YSK as it delays ruling on Istanbul’s contested…
The wait of the ruling continues as Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) decided to postpone its ruling after…
Pro-Kurdish opposition HDP seeks re-run, as election board does not issue…
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said on Thursday it will submit an extraordinary appeal to the…
Election board harsly criticized for not giving mandate to mayor-elects
Turkish opposition figures have come out guns blazing on Thursday, protesting against a decision by the Supreme…
Opposition MP blames AKP for voter fraud over accusations
A war of words has erupted between the Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Ozgur Karabat and the ruling AKP over…
YSK rules people dismissed by emergency decrees cannot serve as mayors
The Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) has ruled that mayor-elects of the March 31 local election who were previously…
Polling officers to be investigated over voting irregularities
Polling officers are to be investigated by a Turkish Prosecutor on charges of ‘misconduct’ in relation to the…
Opposition leaders slam Erdogan over meddling in Istanbul vote
As Turkey has been taken hostage by the all-consuming election debate after the opposition candidate’s surprise win…
Pro-Kurdish mayor-elects demand their mandates
Pro-Kurdish elected co-mayors of Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality and four central districts have called on the…