Tuncer Bakirhan, co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), speaks during a rally to celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party called on Tuesday for authorities to reverse a block on one of its mayors taking office after local elections, and said it was challenging other results over what it called "illegal voters" that prevented it winning.
The challenges by DEM - parliament's third largest party, which performed well in the mainly Kurdish southeast - mark the biggest dispute over the results of Sunday's nationwide local vote in which President Tayyip Erdogan's party was trounced.
