Turkey opposition head says legitimacy of referendum open to debate

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said that those who advocated a "Yes" vote in the referendum may have gone beyond the boundaries of the law
Monday, 17 April 2017 01:09

The legitimacy of Turkey's referendum on an executive presidency is open to debate, the head of the main opposition party said on Sunday, as he criticised the High Electoral Board for making the vote controversial.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's Party, also said that those who advocated a "Yes" vote in the referendum may have gone beyond the boundaries of the law.

Turkey's High Electoral Board (YSK) said earlier on Sunday it would count ballots which had not been stamped by its officials as valid unless they could be proved fraudulent, citing a high number of complaints that its officials at polling stations had failed to stamp them.