AK Party Ankara candidate votes in Turkish local polls

ANKARA

Mehmet Ozhaseki, the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's mayoral candidate for the capital Ankara, cast his ballot on Sunday's local elections in Ankara.

Speaking to reporters after casting his ballot, Ozhaseki said everyone should respect the election results.

Ozhaseki added that he will follow the election results at his party’s headquarters in Ankara.

Sunday’s polls mark the first local elections in Turkey under the new presidential system of government, adopted in the April 2017 referendum.

Voting started at 7 a.m. local time (0400GMT) and will continue through 4 p.m. local time (1300GMT) in 32 out of Turkey’s 81 provinces.

In the remaining provinces, polling stations have opened at 8 a.m. local time (0050GMT) and will close at 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT).