AGRI (Turkey) (Sputnik) – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters received complaints of fraud from polling stations across the eastern Turkish province of Agri, a Sputnik correspondent reported Sunday.
With 66.5 percent of the votes counted, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is ahead in the snap elections with 51.8 percent. MHP is just above the 10-percent threshold at 11.4 percent, behind the main opposition CHP party at 22.6 percent.
Intense security presence was observed throughout the polling stations, with entrance bans in place for foreign observers and journalists.
Leyla Zana, one of 80 HDP candidates into Turkey’s 550-seat Grand National Assembly, voted earlier in the northwest Agri city of Eleskirt. Zana also reportedly experienced problems with access to the station.
