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Turkey opposition says irregularities at thousands of ballot boxes


Ayse Kekec, an earthquake survivor living in a tent with her son, stands in front of their tent with a poster of Turkish President Erdogan on it, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, May 11, 2023. (Credit: Issam Abdallah/File Photo/Reuters)

ANKARA — Turkey's main opposition party determined there were irregularities at 2,269 ballot boxes for the presidential election and at 4,825 boxes for the parliamentary election that took place Sunday, a party official said Wednesday.

Muharrem Erkek, a Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chairman, told reporters the irregularities at each ballot box ranges from a single wrong vote to hundreds of votes.

"We are following every single vote, even if it does not change the overall results," he said in Ankara. There were a total of 201,807 ballot boxes set up for the election, domestically and abroad, Erkek said.


ANKARA — Turkey's main opposition
party determined there were irregularities at 2,269 ballot boxes
for the presidential election and at 4,825 boxes for the
parliamentary election that took place Sunday, a party official
said Wednesday.
Muharrem Erkek, a Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy
chairman, told reporters the irregularities at each ballot box
ranges...