When you can't win an election..... Disqualify the other candidate after the votes are counted.
In Kurdish Van the DEM party candidate was deemed ineligible by electoral authorities but instead of holding a repeat election they declared the second place AKP candidate winner.
Decision reversed after protests and riots across Southeast Anatolia. DEM candidate declared winner.
What's behind the fairly high MHP and ZP votes in several places there (Şırnak and Bitlis especially)? Is it mostly governmental workers stationed or bussed in there voting for them?