Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency was the only news agency that broadcast voting data on the night of the local elections in Turkey. Its reporters were present at polling stations throughout the country, delivering live data on electoral results. Yet, in a bizarre move, Anadolu Agency stopped updating its voting data for 10 hours in the super-tight mayoral race in Istanbul, in which the opposition candidate was taking the clear lead.

It has been three days since the game-changing elections, and Anadolu Agency has yet to respond to citizens who feel their tax money was spent to promote the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

“Anadolu Agency unfortunately left a bad mark on the history of Turkey’s democracy,” said Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayoral candidate of an alliance led by the main opposition and winner of the race, according to preliminary results. “I want all press organizations to quit receiving information from Anadolu Agency,” he told reporters March 31 around midnight, hours after the agency stopped updating Istanbul’s ballot counts.

The candidate from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on Anadolu Agency to fulfill its public duty to broadcast the remaining poll results for Istanbul. Imamoglu said he was leading by 29,408 votes, with the remaining ballots set to come from the Besiktas and Kadikoy counties, two major CHP strongholds.