Turkey: AK Party submits extraordinary appeal for polls

Only Supreme Election Council can resolve dispute on Istanbul polls, says deputy chairman

By Baris Gundogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party on Tuesday submitted an extraordinary appeal to the Supreme Election Council (YSK) over the results of mayoral poll in Istanbul.

"We have suspicions [about Istanbul’s elections] and we still were not able to resolve these doubts," said Ali Ihsan Yavuz, AK Party’s deputy chairman.

He added that only the YSK could resolve this doubt.

According to unofficial results Ekrem Imamoglu led the Istanbul mayoral race with 48.79% of the vote prior to all recounts, ahead of AK Party's Binali Yildirim at 48.51%.

Contesting the results after "organized irregularities" surfaced, AK Party has asked for a recount, saying this may change the results.

*Writing by Dilara Hamit and Erdogan Cagatay Zontur

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