Voters in costumes create colorful scenes in Turkish local elections

While Turkish elections were mostly overshadowed by irregularities and fights among political party representatives, some voters wearing different costumes created colorful scenes in polling stations.

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Turkey is going to the polls on March 31 to elect local administrators who will serve for the next five years. 61,441,882 registered voters will cast their votes until 5 p.m. (local time) in approximately 208,000 polling stations.

While Turkish elections are usually  overshadowed by irregularities and fights among political party representatives, some voters who came to the polling stations with different costumes, vehicles, and animals created colorful scenes.

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