What is happening in Turkey is a disgrace. Why is the EU not issuing a statement? The AK Party won Antalya by a tiny margin, and the CHP has demanded a recount in 19 districts. CHP candidate Mustafa Akaydın claimed that during the vote count, he was ahead in the polls until 1 or 2 a.m., at which point the Anadolu news agency stopped updating the results. After a four-hour wait with no changes, the results finally started coming in, but this time they were changing in favor of the AK Party. He said Minister Çavuşoğlus presence together with the local police chief put pressure on the people at the election board. “I actually witnessed Çavuşoğlu severely scolding a district election board judge, and I was ashamed to see this. We have documented serious violations of procedure in Kepez [a district of Antalya province], such as an unusually high number of votes that were classed as void.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:05:42 +0000
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