Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) partially rejects governing Justice and Development (AK) Party’s appeal to recount all votes in Istanbul except for 51 ballot boxes
AK Party’s representative on Turkey's election board said that the party's appeal to cancel the election results in an Istanbul district – on grounds of"organised irregularities" – will be decided by the council after Tuesday.
Turkey’s Supreme Election Council on Monday partially rejected an appeal by the governing Justice and Development Party to recount all votes in Istanbul except for 51 ballot boxes in 21 districts.Recep Ozel, the AK Party’s representative on the election board, told reporters that the party's appeal to cancel the election results in Istanbul’s Buyukcekmece district will be decided by the council after Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also raised concerns about "organised interference" in the Istanbul elections earlier Monday.
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