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@TheCanaryUK
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Elections are being held in Turkey today. They could unseat Erdoğan's dictatorial government. A member of @TheCanaryUK has joined the election monitoring in Bakur. We'll be giving updates throughout the day in this thread #TurkeyElections

The stakes here are high. 10k people… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Erdoğan has imprisoned 6000 people from the HDP since 2015, and replaced elected HDP mayors with state appointed governors. The Turkish state began moves to criminalise the HDP before the election, so the movement formed the Green Left Party to contest the elections @HDP_Europe Image
The Green Left Party isn't your average political party. They want to create radical, people-centred democracy in Turkey, led from a grassroots level. Read our Canary article about them here #TurkeyElections thecanary.co/opinion/2023/0… @HDP_Europe
In the Kurdish city of Hakkari in southeast Turkey, people are full of hope for change, but they know the consequences if Erdoğan's AKP wins. One organiser told us 'if AKP win, we will not wake up in our beds, we will wake up in prison' @HDP_Europe #TurkeyElections Image
In one voting booth in Diyarbakir Kulp in Bakur (the region of Kurdistan within Turkey) there are 20 soldiers and village guards at each ballot box. Villagers say this is to put pressure and fear on them (via Medine Mamedoğlu on Twitter). @HDP_Europe #TurkeyElections… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Our @TheCanaryUK member is continuing to monitor the polls at the #TurkeyElections. Ex Canary editor Emily Apple is there too, and has witnessed voter fraud. Check out her thread here:

@HDP_Europe #ObservingTurkey Image
Check out @HDP_Europe's live ticker, monitoring incidents at today's #TurkeyElections
@ObservingTurkey
Our @TheCanaryUK member has been observing polling stations in Hakkari. At one station voters were presented with a folded ballot paper, with the AKP candidate at the top. At all of the polling stations armed police have been present #TurkeyElections @HDP_Europe #ObservingTurkey… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
In all of the polling stations we have visited in Hakkari, 6-9 armed police were present. One man told us 'There is always control and there is always fear inside of people'. The situation is much more intimidating in the surrounding villages #ObservingTurkey @HDP_Europe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Voters in Gever/Yukseköva had to vote at a polling station close to these heavy military vehicles @HDP_Europe #ObservingTurkey #TurkeyElections @ObservingTurkey Image
The HDP has reported another incident of voter fraud in Urfa. One person voted for AKP multiple times #TurkeyElections
#ObservingTurkey @ObservingTurkey @HDP_Europe
Two members of the UK election observation delegation interviewed Kesk ü Sor about the situation for #LGBTQ+ voters
medyanews.net/election-diari… #ObservingTurkey @HDP_Europe #TurkeyElections @ObservingTurkey
NEW: French delegation witnesses fraud in Igdir:
“In all the offices, discrepancies were observed between the number of voters and the number of ballot papers in the polling stations. We are also noticing a heavy military presence everywhere." #ObservingTurkey #TurkeyElections… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The president of the regional AKP Party caused problems in Hakkari, asking YSP/HDP workers at the polling station to leave. He was armed. The police have also entered the voting rooms with guns. #ObservingTurkey @HDP_Europe #TurkeyElections @ObservingTurkey ImageImage
At the polling station where the AKP local president threatened workers, we observed 16 police officers and an armoured police vehicle #ObservingTurkey #TurkeyElections @HDP_Europe @ObservingTurkey ImageImage
Update from Hakkari city: A worker at the polling booths was found to be a paramilitary village guard and had a gun. He has since been taken away by the police #TurkeyElections #ObservingTurkey @HDP_Europe @ObservingTurkey Image
This has happened in at least two cities. Unused ballot papers have already been marked with the official stamp beneath Erdoğan's picture. Authorities are claiming these ballots will still be valid #ObservingTurkey #TurkeyElections @HDP_Europe @ObservingTurkey Image
Polls are about to close at the #TurkeyElections, people are full of hope that Erdoğan's dictatorial presidency will end. Green Left supporters just told us that they think they will be arrested if AKP wins #TurkeyElections #ObservingTurkey @HDP_Europe @ObservingTurkey Image

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