Main Turk opposition loses bid for election recount in Ankara


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Apr 2014

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) officials carry boxes of fact sheets as they arrive at a Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) office to apply for a recount of votes in Ankara April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition CHP party has lost a bid to force a recount of the results of Sunday's local election in the capital Ankara, a party source said on Friday.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party largely dominated Turkey's electoral map in the nationwide communal polls, keeping control of the main cities including Istanbul and Ankara.

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