Turkey replaces Kurdish mayor with government candidate two days after vote

ISTANBUL, April 2 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities on Tuesday prevented the newly elected mayor of a pro-Kurdish party taking up his post and announced a re-run vote in another district where President Tayyip Erdogan’s party lost, prompting legal challenges and opposition condemnation.

A document seen by Reuters from the election board in the eastern city of Van showed that the candidate who came second in that district, from Erdogan's AK Party (AKP), would instead be handed the mandate to be mayor. -- More...

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Riots are breaking out in the Turkish city of Van after the DEM Party wins the mayoral election but the electoral body refuses to acknowledge it and gives the positions to the candidate form Erdogan’s AKP party. pic.twitter.com/XUbvRBm0Gw

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