Elections have started in Turkey and voter fraud, voting inconsistencies, and violence were increasingly reported to have occurred across the country.<\/p>\n
While all party leaders have already voted at various polling stations, the elections will continue until the evening.<\/p>\n
Mass stamps for Erdogan – mass brawl over different candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n Amidst the ongoing elections, the city of Sanliurfa in Southeastern Turkey has evolved into one of the centers of incidents of violence and menaces. Several cases were reported in Sanliurfa where masses of ballot papers for the ruling AKP and Erdogan were stamped by one person. In the village of Minare, Harran County, a person was seen stamping multiple ballot papers in a row. Before that, according to Oguz Kaan Salici, a former CHP MP and current functionary at the party headquarters, the opposition election observers were also beaten. Another video shows a person stamping several ballot papers while saying ‘Rais’, in reference to Erdogan, which means ‘chief\/leader’.<\/p>\n In the district of Akcakale in Sanliurfa, a mass brawl broke out between two extended families due to differences of opinion about the candidates, which took a long time to settle down with great difficulty.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Urfa'dan bir kez daha Erdo\u011fan'a seri halde 'Evet' oyu bas\u0131lan g\u00f6r\u00fcnt\u00fcler geldi<\/p>\n K\u0131sa videoda bir ki\u015finin "Reis" diyerek pe\u015f pe\u015fe Erdo\u011fan'a oy verdi\u011fi g\u00f6r\u00fcld\u00fc pic.twitter.com\/j3TZ2EzRY7<\/a><\/p>\n — Cumhuriyet (@cumhuriyetgzt) May 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n