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Turkey’s election authority reinstates pro-Kurdish mayoral election winner

Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) take part in a demonstration after the party's candidate in Sunday's municipal elections was ruled ineligible at the last minute in the eastern city of Van, in Istanbul on April 2, 2024 [Yasin Akgul/AFP]

Turkey’s election authority has reinstated a pro-Kurdish mayoral election winner in the eastern city of Van after the annulment of his victory provoked clashes.

The Supreme Election Board (YSK) announced on Wednesday that it has overturned a decision by the regional election commission in eastern Turkey to remove Abdullah Zeydan, the candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM).

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