Meanwhile, the High Election Board's decision to ban 12 independent candidates backed by the largely Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) sparked intense protests throughout the southeast and elsewhere.
U međuvremenu, odluka Visokog izbornog povjerenstva o zabrani kandidature 12-orici nezavisnih kandidata koje podržava dominantno kurdska Stranka mira i demokracije (BDP) potakla je žestoke prosvjede diljem jugoistoka i šire.