Berlin/Ankara.
Turkey’s elections are over, and the result should be in the evening. Videos are circulating on the internet that raise a bad suspicion.
The polling stations in Turkey are closed. For the chief of Turkish electoral commission YSK passed the vote without major incidents. But allegations of manipulation are becoming louder on the Internet. Read about it: Erdogan is currently leading the vote count in Turkey
In a video you can see how someone with several ballot papers Election stamp with the current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In Turkey, voters mark the candidate and party on the ballot in the polling booth with a small stamp.
More videos on Twitter show someone multiple times for Erdogan should have voted. In addition, should manipulated ballots have been used. It could not be verified when, where and by whom these videos were recorded. It is unclear whether the allegations are true. Election observers from the opposition CHP are said to have lodged an objection with the Turkish electoral authorities.
Kurdish organization: “Many election manipulations on a smaller scale”
A Kurdish organization reported “many Wahlmanipulationen on a smaller scale”. In many places it was reported that ballot papers had already been stamped when they were distributed, explained the Kurdish Center for Public Relations, Civaka Azad, based in Berlin.
Invalid notes were also distributed accordingly. In addition, according to Civaka Azad, several thousand people were prevented from voting by being unwittingly named as poll workers. In part, don’t be them ballot handed over because her name was allegedly not on the lists.
Apparently also attacks on election workers
Videos and photos of alleged suspects also circulated on Twitter Attacks on poll workers. The pro-Kurdish opposition party HDP confirmed to the German Press Agency that there had been attacks on election observers from the sister party YSP in the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin. A dispute broke out after observers denied more than one family member entry to the polling booth.
| Wahl |
Türkiye Election 2023 |
| Datum |
Sunday (May 14, 2023) |
| Ort |
Türkiye |
| is elected |
Parliament (600 MPs) and President |
| are entitled to vote |
Around 64 million people |
| Candidates for President |
Recep Tayyip Erdogan (69) and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (74) and Sinan Ogan (55) |
Some users were banned from Twitter yesterday, apparently on government orders. Elon Musk, the current CEO of Twitter, defended the measure. He explained that the company is complying with the wishes of the Government otherwise Twitter might have been completely banned in Turkey.
Observers reported large crowds at the polling stations. Voter turnout in Turkey is traditionally very high. In 2018 it was 86.2 percent. Despite individual reports of supposed riots and manipulations, the election is said to have been largely calm and orderly. You might also be interested in: Elections in Turkey: Why Erdogan is threatened with being replaced
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