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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Andrew Wilks

Turkey parties squabble as crucial vote count seesaws

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave flags at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, May 14, 2023 [Umit Bektas/Reuters]

Istanbul, Turkey – As Turkey’s election night drew on, both sides claimed to be ahead in the vote count and quarrelled about the presentation of ballot figures.

The opposition directed their complaints at the data published by the state-run Anadolu news agency, claiming it was slowing the count to put their candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu trailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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