International observers criticize the uneven playing field in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections and say some monitors were obstructed while carrying out their mission.
Audrey Glover, who headed an OSCE delegation, says Monday that unbalanced media coverage in favor of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party resulted in voters not being able to “get informed choice.”
She says Turkey had “work” to do to ensure that future elections meet democratic standards.
Ignacio Sanchez Amor, the mission’s special coordinator, says the observers “profoundly regret” that two observers were denied entry into Turkey over alleged bias against the country. He calls the move an “utterly unacceptable attempt to influence” the process.
Monitors, however, praise the high turnout in the Turkish vote, which was reported to be over 87 percent by the state-run Anadolu Agency.
— AP
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