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 Visoke izborne komisije da zabrani kandidaturu dvanaestorici nezavisnih kandidata, koje podržava većinski kurdska Partija mira i demokratije (BDP) izazvala je snažne proteste u jugoistočnom delu, ali i u drugim delovima Turske.