Voting in the Netherlands ended in a row

As the countdown to the May 14 elections continues, overseas voting procedures have been finalized in many countries.

In Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, which is one of these countries, there was a clash yesterday as the voting process was about to end. After the confrontation between the parties, the Amsterdam police intervened.

While a large number of police were dispatched to the RAI Fair and Congress Center, where the voting process took place, police helicopters and ambulances were also dispatched to the region.

On BBC Turkish news, it was claimed that the election ended at 9:00 p.m. local time yesterday, with witnesses saying a fight broke out between supporters of presidential candidates Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

Speaking to Dutch public broadcaster NOS, a witness said there have been tensions over the voting process on RAI in recent days, but the situation got out of hand in the final hours of the voting process.

The Amsterdam police spokesman said there was a “major incident” in the voting area for the Turkish elections.

Officials at the Turkish Consulate General in Amsterdam said they would not comment on the facts. It was claimed that around 100 people at the polls still remained at RAI after the incident and they secured the ballot boxes and ballot papers.

The ballot boxes were taken to a secure location by officials from the Turkish Consulate General in Amsterdam.

ERDOĞAN WAS SUPPORTED IN 2018

Voting papers used in the Netherlands will be sent to Turkey before May 14. Approximately 260 thousand Turkish citizens have the right to vote in the Netherlands.

According to research by the Dutch think tank Clingendael Institute, the Turkish voter rate in the Netherlands is around 56 percent.

In the 2018 elections, President Erdoğan received the most support in the Netherlands, after Belgium, where Turkish voters in Europe are concentrated. At the time, 73.3% of Turkish citizens who cast their ballots in the Netherlands preferred Erdogan, compared to 74.9% in Belgium.