Going to the ballot box for the March 31 General Local Elections, political party chairs and President Erdoğan have spoken to journalists after casting their votes.

67 people have been wounded in conflicts that erupted between neighborhood head candidates in the provinces of Mardin, Diyarbakır, Urfa, İstanbul, Adana, Antep and Ankara. 11 people have been taken into custody so far.

Hasan Aktaş and İlyas Aktaş, the ballot box observers of the Felicity Party (SP), have been shot to death in Pütürge, Malatya. The attacker has been taken into custody.

Ballot boxes have been opened for March 31 General Local Elections. While a voter came to the ballot box with her cat, another one came to vote on horseback. Here are some scenes from the ballot box through the lenses of photojournalists.

We have compiled the allegations of election safety violations committed during the voting procedure in March 31 General Local Elections across Turkey.

Voting procedure for local elections has started for 57 million voters in 81 provinces across Turkey. While votes will be counted as of 4 p.m. in the provinces where voting started at 7 a.m., counting of votes will begin in other provinces as of 5 p.m.

HDP's imprisoned former Co-Chair Demirtaş has appeared on Twitter two days into the local elections: "Maybe I won't be with you at the night of the election, but I will be looking at the same screen in my cell."

Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has filed a lawsuit for non-pecuniary damages against the presiding judge of the court board that has sentenced him to 11 years and 3 months in prison.

Prof. Akarca says, "Spreading fear among the voters instead of giving hope to them does not yield positive results."

Some clients of lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who have been sentenced to 159 years, 1 month and 30 days in prison, have submitted a petition to the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court, demanding the release of their lawyers.

As no progress has been made in the investigation launched into the suspicious death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, the people of Giresun have come together at Giresun Atatürk Square to express their concerns and demand justice.

President Erdoğan has said, "They will not be able to run the municipalities. They will not be able to even pay the salaries of personnel," on his rivals' possible wins in the March 31 local elections.

Diyarbakır 5th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that HDP Hakkari MP Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 141 days, shall be taken to court by force. Lawyer Yalçındağ-Baydemir has stated that lawsuit filed against her violates Article 83 of the Constitution.

Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz who died suspiciously last year, has reacted to the statement of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office: "There are no findings that belong to my baby on the scene of the incident."

It can be commented that the politics oriented towards the region, including in the AKP era, is in a historical failure. The fact that a peaceful solution is not provided for the Kurdish question has been evolving into a punishment with impoverishment.

Şaban Vatan, who is campaigning on social media to illuminate the suspicious death of her 11-year-old daughter Rabia Naz, has deposed at the security directorate upon the criminal complaint of Nurettin Canikli, an MP of the ruling AKP.

The request for arrest of Mehmet D., who is tried for sexually abusing 12-year-old E.S., has been rejected again. Speaking to bianet ahead of the final hearing to be held on March 29, attorney Yaprak has said, “It causes a second trauma on the child.”

HDP's imprisoned former co-chair Demirtaş has given us an interview. Talking on politics, literature and arts, he says, "We will find a way to live in peace."

Soylu has said that the candidates allegedly having relations with terrorist organizations will be suspended even when they are elected to municipal councils. What does the Law on Elections of Local Administrators say about the issue?

Responding the calls to revert the Hagia Sophia to a mosque, President Erdoğan first said, "Fill the Sultanahmet Mosque first," then "I won't be played like this." Finally, he said last night that they may change Hagia Sophia's status from a museum to a mosque.