- Title: European election observers hand report to Turkey's electoral board
- Date: 18th April 2017
- Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (APRIL 18, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ELECTION OBSERVER TANA DE ZULUETA WALKING TOWARDS REPORTERS CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELECTION OBSERVER, TANA DE ZULUETA SAYING: "Today we had our goodbye meeting, a courtesy visit to the supreme election board (High Election Board - YSK). We shared with them a copy of our report and we discussed the content of the report. The conclusions that we reached will be in our final report. It was a cordial and friendly meeting and I thanked the supreme election board for all the assistance given during our presence in the country." CAMERAMEN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELECTION OBSERVER, TANA DE ZULUETA SAYING: "We are here also to report on the appeals process and this appeals process will be included in our final report." CAMERAMEN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELECTION OBSERVER, TANA DE ZULUETA SAYING: "Oh, I don't have an opinion. We are invited by the Turkish authorities to observe. We share our report and we completed our mandate." PHOTOGRAPHERS DE ZULUETA WALKING AWAY
- Embargoed: 2nd May 2017 11:53
- Keywords: Turkey referendum Erdogan opposition polls OSCE observers
- Location: ANKARA, TURKEY
- City: ANKARA, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016CXEIX3
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- Story Text: European election observers, who had said the Turkish referendum was an uneven contest, handed their report to Turkey's electoral board on Tuesday (April 18).
The mission of observers from the 47-member Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights body, was in Turkey to observe the conduct of Sunday's (April 16) referendum on constitutional changes giving President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers.
Preliminary results showed 51.4 percent for the "Yes" campaign.
The group said support for "Yes" dominated campaign coverage, and the arrests of journalists and closure of media outlets silenced other views.
Speaking to journalists at the electoral board office in the capital Ankara, Tana de Zulueta declined to comment on Erdogan's criticism of the report telling observers to "know their place" and Turkey did not "see, hear or acknowledge" criticism that the vote did not live up to international standards. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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