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Election Council Rejects AKP’s Request for Recounting All Votes in 31 Districts in İstanbul

Election Council Rejects AKP’s Request for Recounting All Votes in 31 Districts in İstanbul

The ruling AKP previously appealed to the Supreme Election Council, requesting that all votes cast in 31 districts in İstanbul be counted again and elections be cancelled in Büyükçekmece. The council has rejected the AKP's request regarding 31 districts.

Supreme Election Council Rejects HDP’s Request for Recounting of Votes in Muş

Supreme Election Council Rejects HDP’s Request for Recounting of Votes in Muş

HDP has announced that Supreme Election Council has rejected its request for recounting of votes in Muş, where there is a margin of 538 votes. Co-Mayor candidate Sakık said, "Council hastily rejected the request. This people will not forgive you.”

İmamoğlu Shares Latest Data on Local Election in İstanbul: Margin is 18 Thousand 742

İmamoğlu Shares Latest Data on Local Election in İstanbul: Margin is 18 Thousand 742

According to the latest data shared by Ekrem İmamoğlu, the candidate of the Nation Alliance for Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, İmamoğlu is ahead of Binali Yıldırım, the candidate of People’s Alliance, with a margin of 18 thousand 742 votes.

İmamoğlu: We Receive Reports That Files are Carried off from Municipality

İmamoğlu: We Receive Reports That Files are Carried off from Municipality

İmamoğlu, the candidate of Nation Alliance for İstanbul Metropolitan Mayorship, has said, “The ones carrying off files from the municipality… We are receiving several reports. But, I will call them to account even for a single penny of İstanbulites.”

Supreme Election Council Chair Güven: Ekrem İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul

Supreme Election Council Chair Güven: Ekrem İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul

Making a statement about the local elections, Supreme Election Council (YSK) Chair Sadi Güven has stated that Ekrem İmamoğlu has been leading in İstanbul by a margin of 27 thousand 889 votes according to the data of the council.

Demirören News Agency: İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul According to Supreme Election Council

Demirören News Agency: İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul According to Supreme Election Council

Demirören News Agency, which previously announced that İmamoğlu, the candidate of Nation Alliance for the Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, is leading according to data of Supreme Election Council, has removed the news from its website.

Ankara Bar Association Denounces Decision of Supreme Election Council

Ankara Bar Association Denounces Decision of Supreme Election Council

Ankara Bar Association has released a statement and denounced the Supreme Election Council’s (YSK) decision preventing prisoners and those convicted of negligent offenses from voting: “It is an open intervention in the essence of the right to vote.”

31 December 2018

Decision by Election Council Preventing Prisoners, Convicts of Negligence from Voting

Decision by Election Council Preventing Prisoners, Convicts of Negligence from Voting

The Supreme Election Council’s (YSK) decision preventing prisoners and those convicted of negligent offenses from casting votes has been published on the Official Gazette.

31 December 2018

Traffic Law Amended: Election Council Members' Tenure Extended, Zoning Amnesty Granted

Traffic Law Amended: Election Council Members' Tenure Extended, Zoning Amnesty Granted

The bill that extends Supreme Election Council members' tenures and includes many changes regarding issues such as traffic fines and unlicensed waterfront buildings on the Bosphorus has been passed by the parliament.

25 December 2018

Rules, Restrictions of Electoral Propaganda Announced by Supreme Election Council

Rules, Restrictions of Electoral Propaganda Announced by Supreme Election Council

Supreme Election Council has announced the rules and restrictions of propaganda for local elections. Accordingly, candidates will be permitted to propagandize in different languages, but cannot send messages to voters’ phones or computers.

21 December 2018

Official Election Results in Official Gazette

Official Election Results in Official Gazette

The Supreme Election Council has announced the official results of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections; the results have been published in the Official Gazette.

Chair of Supreme Election Council Did Not Meet OSCE Delegation

Chair of Supreme Election Council Did Not Meet OSCE Delegation

Chair of Supreme Election Council Sadi Güven and its six members have not met the OSCE delegation who has come to Turkey to monitor the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

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