Istanbul election board rejects ruling AK Party's annulment request

The Istanbul election board has rejected a bid by Turkey's ruling AK Party to annul the local election in the city's Buyukcekmece district, an AKP official told Reuters on Friday, after the opposition narrowly won the vote in the city. Rohat Hasbayram said his party would take its annulment request to Turkey's High Election Board in Ankara. Broadcaster Haberturk earlier said the AKP had applied to annul elections in the whole of Istanbul, but Hasbayram said this was not the case.