local elections 2019

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More Claims on 'Moving Voters' After 'Imaginary Voters' Revelation in Princes' Islands

More Claims on 'Moving Voters' After 'Imaginary Voters' Revelation in Princes' Islands

After the CHP revealed the “imaginary voters” registered in Princes' Islands in İstanbul ahead of local elections, new claims have emerged regarding changing voters' registered addresses to gain advantage in some districts in İstanbul, Niğde, Şırnak and Urfa.

11 January 2019

Yıldırım: Election is Not a Political Activity

Yıldırım: Election is Not a Political Activity

Binali Yıldırım, whose nomination to the Mayorship of İstanbul without resigning as the Parliamentary Speaker raised controversy, has reacted to critics, saying that the debates around the issue are not legal but political.

10 January 2019

'Nominate More Women in Elections'

EQUALITY, JUSTICE, WOMEN PLATFORM

'Nominate More Women in Elections'

Out of 1,307 candidates announced by the political parties for the local elections so far, only 56 are women.

Coffee Houses Closed, Alcohol Forbidden on Local Election Day

Coffee Houses Closed, Alcohol Forbidden on Local Election Day

Sale of alcohol will be forbidden from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. on March 31, when the local elections will be held. Giving or drinking alcoholic beverages in public places will also not be allowed. Places of entertainment will be closed throughout the voting period.

CHP: We Detected Almost 500 Imaginary Voters in Princes’ Islands

CHP: We Detected Almost 500 Imaginary Voters in Princes’ Islands

Ahead of the local elections on March 31, the CHP has claimed that there are imaginary voters registered in some abandoned buildings and in homes, where people actually reside, in the Princes’ Islands district in İstanbul.

7 Kurdish Parties Form Alliance for Local Elections

7 Kurdish Parties Form Alliance for Local Elections

Releasing a joint declaration ahead of local elections on March 31, seven Kurdish political parties, movements and associations, including Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have announced that they have formed an alliance.

13 Parties to Participate in Local Elections, Excluded Parties Criticize Election Council

13 Parties to Participate in Local Elections, Excluded Parties Criticize Election Council

13 political parties will compete in the local elections on March 31, the Supreme Election Council has announced.

Ankara Bar Association Denounces Decision of Supreme Election Council

Ankara Bar Association Denounces Decision of Supreme Election Council

Ankara Bar Association has released a statement and denounced the Supreme Election Council’s (YSK) decision preventing prisoners and those convicted of negligent offenses from voting: “It is an open intervention in the essence of the right to vote.”

31 December 2018

Decision by Election Council Preventing Prisoners, Convicts of Negligence from Voting

Decision by Election Council Preventing Prisoners, Convicts of Negligence from Voting

The Supreme Election Council’s (YSK) decision preventing prisoners and those convicted of negligent offenses from casting votes has been published on the Official Gazette.

31 December 2018

Local Election Date Published on Official Gazette

Local Election Date Published on Official Gazette

In the resolution of the Supreme Election Council published on the Official Gazette, the local election date has been announced as March 31, 2019.

26 October 2018

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