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Turkey failed to meet basic principles for democratic elections
Turkey failed to meet basic principles for democratic elections
The joint observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and the Parliamentary Assembly…
Tweet by jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş on fraud and irregularities
Following the announcement of the election results, the opposition parties began to object intensively after it was revealed that votes had been stolen in many provinces. Many documents of fraud and irregularities were posted on social…
Increase in stolen votes: YSP wins another seat after objection
The Green Left Party (YSP) gained an additional deputy in Urfa after the party objected to the transfer of YSP votes to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) found that the votes of the Green Left Party…
HDP press release on fraudulently stolen votes
Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki, the Election Monitoring Coordination Center Spokesperson and Supreme Election Council (YSK) representative of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held a press conference regarding the vote counting process. Tiryaki…
First reactions from the parties ahead of the run-off election
The President of the Supreme Election Council (YSK), Ahmet Yener, announced that the presidential election has gone to the second round. With the official announcement of the second round of the presidential election, the election calendar…
YSP: The struggle to end the one-man regime will continue
Whilst Turkey's presidential election will head to a second round as no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the results of the parliamentary election have been confirmed. The Green Left Party (YSP), which contested the…
Notable divergence between voting abroad and voting in Turkey
On May 15, the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey held on May 14 were announced. The Supreme Election Board (YSK) announced on Monday morning that data entry is ongoing and that according to the latest counts,…
Manipulation, violence, and threats during the elections in Turkey
Elections have started in Turkey and voter fraud, voting inconsistencies, and violence were increasingly reported to have occurred across the country.
While all party leaders have already voted at various polling stations, the elections…
Election manipulation: Mass stamps in favor of Erdogan
Elections have begun in Turkey and reports of vote rigging, discrepancies and violence are mounting. Several cases were reported from the city of Sanliurfa, where several ballot papers were stamped en masse by one person for the ruling…
„A tyrant who may not give up power … Western media: “Erdogan” is threatened with losing…
A number of international and Western media outlets have shed the light on the Turkish parliamentary and presidential elections which will take place on May 14, 2023, amidst the existing consensus between most of them that Turkish President…