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• Preliminary election results: HDP receives 11 % of the votes 

  Preliminary election results: HDP receives 11 % of the votes
• Tensions rose during the count of overseas votes 

  Tensions rose during the count of overseas votes and observers report that several votes have been trashed.
• Election frauds across Serhat region in North Kurdistan 

  Hundreds of thousands of voters went to ballot booths in Serhat today. From unstamped ballot envelopes to the expulsions of HDP election observers, a wide range of election frauds happened across Serhat region.
• Power cut in Viranşehir 

  Power has been cut in Viranşehir district of Urfa due to a blast at a power transformer.
• AKP members forcing people to vote openly 

  AKP members in Sêgirka village of Balpınar district of Batman are forcing the people to cast their votes openly.
• An AKP supporter votes four times 

  It has been revealed that a voter registered at ballot box no 1127 at Vali Kutlu Aktaş Elementary School in İzmir has voted four times.
• AKP’s election irregularities continue 

  AKP’s election frauds increasingly continue across Turkey.
• AKP members, village guards and gendarme attack HDP voters in Mutki 

  AKP members, village guards and gendarme forces attacked HDP voters in Mutki. AKP Provincial Council member Mehmet Reşit Acun and chief village guard Kenan Kaya organized and implemented the attack.
• Lawyers object to election irregularities 

  A presiding officer in Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul guide the voters to stamp both on party logos and on the names of independent candidates to render the votes invalid.
• An AKP classic: 110 people registered as habitants of the same house 

  110 people were registered as if they lived in the same house in Istanbul.
• 115-year-old leaves sickbed to vote for HDP 

  A 115-year-old woman left her sickbed to cast her vote for the HDP in Kızıltepe district of Mardin, saying that she voted for peace and freedom.
• AKP member taken under custody for voting twice 

  An AKP member was taken under custody in Denizli for voting twice.
• Voting halted at one ballot box in Sarıgazi district of Istanbul 

  Voting has been halted at No. 1001 ballot box at Osman Gazi Primary School in Sarıgazi district of Istanbul because of irregularity in casting of votes.
• Repression and fraud attempts increasing in Amed 

  While voting continues in North Kurdistan and Turkey, repression on voters and election observers as well as attempts at fraud increases in the main Kurdish province Amed.
• 350 votes cancelled in Iğdır 

  Ballot boxes with 350 votes have been cancelled in Iğdır due to the lack of appropriate stamps on the envelopes.
• Pro-AKP village guards attack HDP supporters in Urfa 

  Village guards attacked HDP voters and election observers with knives and stones in Urfa.
• Disabled HDP voter obstructed 

  Visually-impaired HDP voter was obstructed at the ballot box in Izmir.
• Under-age people caught voting in Konya 

  Under-age people were caught voting in Konya and illegible vote envelopes were discovered in Adana.
• Policeman caught attempting to vote three times 

  A policeman was caught attempting to vote three times at Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Primary School in Dikmen district of Ankara.
• HDP observers attacked in Edirne 

  More reports are coming through about election frauds committed by the AKP across Turkey and North Kurdistan since the beginning of the voting as of early hours in the morning.
• Turkish state officials in Kurdistan work for AKP 

  State officials pressured HDP voters in Van and organized many election frauds.
• One detained in relation to the bomb attack in Amed 

  Diyarbakır (Amed) Governor's Office has announced that 1 person was detained in relation to the bomb attack conducted at the HDP rally in Amed two days ago.
• Syrian citizen caught voting illegally 

  A Syrian citizen has been caught voting illegally at Muratpaşa Ramazan Savaş Primary School in the southern province of Antalya.
• Police obstruct observers in Batman 

  Police obstruct observers in Batman and claim that their observation permit has been cancelled. HDP Crisis Desk contacted YSK regarding the issue.
• Ballot box irregularities 

  The AKP government has started to resort to election fraud as of the morning hours of the polling day as a follow-up of all its provocation attempts during the election campaign.