ELECTIONS 2023

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• Green Left Party: People’s will in Hakkari should be respected  

  The Green Left Party, which won all three parliamentary seats in Hakkari province, reacted to the attempts to change the election results and demanded that the people's will be respected.
• YSK: Presidential election to go to a runoff 

  The presidential election in Turkey and North Kurdistan is going to a second round, as no candidate could secure the required number of votes in the first round.
• European Greens supports Green Left Party: Cross-border solidarity is needed 

  European Green Party Co-Chair Mélanie Vogel expressed solidarity with Turkey's Green Left Party in the post-election period.
• Erdogan’s AKP loses votes in many cities 

  The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) received fewer votes in many cities in the May 14 elections compared to previous elections.
• HDP and Green Left Party: We will address the election results with criticism and self-criticism 

  Evaluating the election outcomes, the Green Left Party and the Peoples’ Democratic Party said that "We are aware of our responsibility to take the message of the voters seriously.”
• Green Left Party sends 63 MPs to Parliament 

  Receiving 9,33 per cent of the votes in the May 14 elections, the Green Left Party won 63 seats in the Parliament in Turkey.
• Supreme Electoral Board says 1529 ballot boxes uncounted yet 

  Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) Head Ahmet Yener said that Tayyip Erdoğan received 49.40 percent of the votes and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu stood at 44.96 percent in the presidential elections with 99 percent of ballot boxes opened.
• Live blog on the elections in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan 

  Live blog on the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
• YSK: 91.93 percent of ballot boxes opened 

  YSK said it opened 91.93 percent of ballot boxes
• Labor and Freedom Alliance sends a total of 66 MPs to Parliament according to preliminary results 

  The Labor and Freedom Alliance sent a total of 66 deputies to the Parliament, according to preliminary results. While YSP nominated 62 deputies, TİP also appointed 4 deputies.
• IHD documents numerous electoral frauds and assaults 

  In an interim report on the course of the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, the Human Rights Association (IHD) pointed to cases of fraud, manipulation and violent attacks.
• Şenyaşar family: We vote for a democratic change 

  The Şenyaşar family, who have been carrying out a Justice Vigil in Urfa for 783 days, cast their vote.
• Uçar: We promise a democratic republic 

  Green Left Party co-spokesperson Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar reiterated the promise of a democratic republic.
• People in Hatay vote in containers 

  The people in Hatay, one of the cities hit by the 6 February earthquake, are casting their vote in containers.
• Buldan: The country's destiny can change today 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Pervin Buldan cast her vote in Ipekyolu, in the province of Van.
• Over 400 international observers monitoring elections in Turkey - UPDATE 

  The general elections taking place today in Turkey are monitored by international officials and independent delegations.
• Electoral event held in Basel 

  HDP Honorary President Ertuğrul Kürkçü spoke at an electoral event held in Basel.
• Over a hundred thousand people attend Green Left Party rally in Van 

  Over a hundred thousand people attended the rally organized by the Green Left Party in Van.
• Thousands rally in Amed ahead of the elections 

  People attending the Amed rally on Saturday, demanded freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and said that today will be the last day of AKP-MHP fascism.
• Polling stations open in Turkey 

  The voting process for the Presidential Election and 28th Term Parliamentary General Election started at 8 am local time.
• If Erdogan loses, his myth will be over and it will be a turning point for Turkey 

  Laura Sestini of The Black Coffee spoke about the elections in Turkey with Devriş Çimen, HDP’s representative in Europe.
• Sarısaç: Tomorrow's elections will determine Turkey's future 

  Green Left Party Antep candidate Murat Sarısaç stated that tomorrow's elections will determine Turkey's future and called on everyone to support the Green Left Party and go to the polls.
• A Democratic Turkey is possible, says European Green Party 

  The European Green Party said in a statement that a "democratic Turkey is possible."
• MEPs comment on upcoming Turkish elections 

  MEPs spoke about upcoming Turkish elections.
• Thousands kept waiting at the border crossing before elections 

  Thousands of people, most of them being truck drivers, are kept waiting at the border crossing with southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).