The burgemeesterskandidaten of the ruling party Justice and Development (AKP) of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to contest the accuracy of the provisional results of the elections for new city councils in Turkey. In the capital Ankara, the main city of Istanbul would be the party of Erdogan, the majority have lost.
“There are obvious mistakes made when thousands of voting booths,” said the candidate of AKP in Ankara, Mehmet Ozhaseki. The party of Erdogan received 48 percent of the vote in the capital. The opposition, under the leadership of the Republican people’s Party CHP, 50 percent.
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In Istanbul called AKP-foreman Binali Yildirim that is sure to 300,000 votes are invalid. He seems to struggle to mandate narrowly to have lost Ekrem Imamoglu (CHP). After the count of 99,75 per cent of the vote, the oppositiekandidaat about 25,000 more votes than his opponent of Erdogans party, 48,79 to 48,51 percent. Both the AKP as the CHP claimed the victory in Istanbul. the
The electoral council should the official results of the elections yet to disclose.