There are allegations of election safety violations committed in the provinces of Mardin, Erzurum, Diyarbakır and Denizli.

There is news of election safety violations committed in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa, where four people were killed in an armed conflict during the election works.

56 million 322 thousand 632 voters will cast their votes at 180 thousand and 65 ballot boxes across Turkey today. The voting procedure will end at 5 p.m. local time in Turkey.

Rights organizations and professional chambers in Diyarbakır have filed a criminal complaint against the Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu on charges of “inciting the public to enmity and hatred, misconduct in office, fabricating crimes, slandering and attempting to influence fair trial”.

Two people in Elazığ have been arrested on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” through their social media posts. Another person in the district of Viranşehir in Urfa was also arrested on the same charges yesterday.

Andrej Hunko’s entry to Turkey with the purpose of observing the elections has been blocked with an allegation of him being a “supporter of terrorism”.

It has been claimed that CHP presidential candidate İnce played backgammon at rummikub table during July 15 coup attempt.

Ünal Aldemir, the expert of the Cumhuriyet case, wrote on Twitter, “I want you to know that every piece of money given to Cumhuriyet newspaper goes to the HDPKK-supporter executives of the newspaper” and “Ahmet Şık is a terrorist. Who is holding your leash, you discredited HDPKK supporter?”.

The new elections in Turkey is displaying strong populist rhetoric that is invoked by all major candidates in order to win popular support. These four political leaders’ electoral campaigns rely on populist language, glorifying the role of the people and illustrating their superiority.

Minister of Interior Soylu has told CHP voters to vote for the CHP and added: “The votes you carry to the HDP will be accounted for in this and other world by this innocent nation”.

Court has ruled continuation of arrest of Amnesty Turkey Chair Taner Kılıç, who has been kept in custody for a year. Next hearing is on November 7.

A lawsuit has been filed against the translator Sebla Küçük due to her social media posts about the Operation Olive Branch. Küçük previously translated the speeches at the case of Halkbank Deputy General Director Hakan Atilla held in the US and shared them on social media.