Turkish election board approves 4 presidential candidates

By Ismet Karakas

ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye's Supreme Election Council on Thursday approved four presidential candidates for the election set for May 14.

Chairman of the election board, Ahmet Yener, said objections to the presidential candidacies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Homeland Party chairman Muharrem Ince were unanimously rejected.

The candidacies of Erdogan, Kilicdaroglu, Ince and Sinan Ogan are to be published in the country's Official Gazette, he added.

On Saturday, a draw will determine the places of their names on the combined ballot paper, Yener said.

The practices and prohibitions for election day were earlier announced by the election board, as voting is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. local time (0500GMT), and end at 5 p.m. (1400GMT).