Several Turkish Airlines planes that were scheduled to fly to Kurdistan from İstanbul Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports this morning took off earlier than their announced departure times with no explanation. These untimely departures prevented hundreds of voters from going to Kurdistan for the election, and the voters are waiting at the airports for an official explanation and compensation.

Turkish Airlines planes for Mardin, Amed, Batman, Muş and Van that were scheduled for this morning took off 20 to 45 minutes earlier than their announced departure times. THY officials refused to comment or provide explanation for the untimely departures. Voters who were prevented from flying to Kurdish cities had tensions with airport police as THY officials were doing nothing to compensate its angry customers.

The earliest flight that’s scheduled to fly to Kurdistan is now at 14:00, which prevents the timely arrival of voters who had planned to fly to their home cities for election purposes. We contacted Turkish Airlines officials for more information but we were told that no official explanation would be made today.