International election observers deliver scathing verdict on fairness of Turkish referendum

‘International election observers have delivered a scathing verdict on the Turkish referendum, saying the contest was an “unlevel playing field” and Turkey’s election committee broke the law with last-minute changes to voting rules.
Hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed a narrow victory in the referendum that will give him sweeping new powers, a team from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said bluntly that the vote had not been fair.
“The 16 April constitutional referendum took place on an unlevel playing field and the two sides of the campaign did not have equal opportunities,” the OSCE said in a statement.
The OSCE has no power to impose sanctions or force a re-run of the vote but its findings will likely embolden the Turkish opposition, which called for the results to be voided because of alleged voting irregularities.’
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