Omer Celik, spokesman for Erdogan’s AK Party, says that the turnout was at record levels in today’s election, without giving any further details.
He also responded to claims about the state news agency, after the opposition cast doubt on the way it was releasing figures.
“Counting of the votes is continuing with transparency. What we need to do is now to wait for the results. The opposition spokespeople are blaming the state’s official news agency for distorting the results. That’s to disregard national sovereignty.
“President Erdogan is ahead and everyone should respect that.”
