Turkey’s key opposition leader appeals to European court against referendum results

‘Turkey’s main opposition leader has lodged an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the results of the April 16 referendum over a government bill which grants extensive powers to the president.
On Tuesday, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Republican People’s Party (CHP), signed an appeal to the European court against the Turkey’s election board’s decision to confirm unstamped votes in the April 16 referendum.
Kilicdaroglu lodged the appeal in the city of Izmit on the 20th day of his massive protest march from Ankara to Istanbul. He staged the 425-km (265 mile) march following a 25-year jail sentence for Enis Berberoglu, a deputy chairman for the CHP, in June on charges of revealing state secrets.
“Turkey has rapidly turned into a (one-)party state. Pretty much all state institutions have become branches of a political party,” Kilicdaroglu, 68 told reporters on the last leg of his march with thousands of protesters.’
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