Turkey Elections: Campaign approaches climax with gunshots, fears of  fraud - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Nazlan Ertan

Nazlan Ertan

May 10, 2023

Turkey election — Supporters of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave flags during a campaign event, Istanbul, Turkey, May 9, 2023. — Burak Kara/Getty Images

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A supporter of pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) stands on an election campaign minibus with a picture of the party's co-chair Selahattin Demirtas on it, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 28, 2015. Turkey's Pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) said on Wednesday June elections would lack legitimacy if a threshold for parliamentary representation deprived it of representation, but it would remain a partner in peace talks with militants. The fate of the HDP, which hopes to cross the 10 percent national

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