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S&D says EU should suspend talks with Turkey after referendum

Gianni Pittella, president of the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) Group in the European Parliament, has described the result of a public referendum held in...

EP President says very concerned about possible vote on reinstatement of death penalty

Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, on Monday expressed deep concerns about Turkey's possible plans to hold a public referendum on the reinstatement...

YSK cancelled local elections in 2 districts in 2014 due to unsealed ballots

Although the head of Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Monday announced that the validity of unsealed ballot papers used in a referendum in...

YSK head downplays concerns about validity of unsealed ballot papers

Head of Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) Sadi Güven on Monday tried to ease concerns about the validity of some votes cast in a...

Opposition leader says referendum results announced not reliable

People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that his party would object to the results of Sunday’s referendum on the grounds that the...

Erdoğan to push for reinstatement of capital punishment

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would immediately discuss reinstating the death penalty with the government and the opposition. “I will immediately discuss...

Pace observer: Referendum was neither fair nor free

Stefan Schennach, an Austrian member of a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) team sent to Turkey to observe a referendum on...

[VIDEO] Men seen casting ‘yes’ votes on unauthenticated ballots

Following a last-minute decision by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) to accept ballots that do not carry an official stamp for authentication, videos shared on...

Pro-Erdoğan journalist threatens TV station for raising allegations of fraud in referendum

Cem Küçük, a staunchly pro-government journalist known for his attacks on government critics on social media, has said FOX TV is committing a crime...

59 detained for photographing ballot papers during referendum

At least 59 people were detained on Sunday for taking pictures of their ballots with their cell phones and sharing them on social media. Turks...

Electoral board says votes without stamp valid unless proven to be fraudulent

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) said mid-Sunday that ballots without authenticating stamps will be considered valid unless proven to have been brought from outside...

[UPDATE] Unofficial results of Turkish referendum: Yes: 51.3; No: 48.7

The “yes” votes on switching Turkey’s system of governance to an executive presidency are slightly ahead of votes cast against it in a referendum...

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