LIVE: Nov 1 general elections

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Hürriyet Daily News is live blogging the Nov. 1 elections with its distinctive reporting, instant updates on its modernly designed, real-time map and live results from 81 provinces as the country heads to one of the most significant elections throughout its history amid rising tensions over terrorism, political uncertainty and recent crackdowns on the media3:30 p.m. - Identity check and body search practices by the police in Turkey's southeastern ??rnak province have been lifted following appeals by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) ??rnak deputy Leyla Birlik and the mayor from the same party, Serhat Kad?rhan.

Police officers had been acting upon a court order to search "suspected individuals" at Hürriyet primary and secondary school, located in the city center. 

Kad?rhan cited the practices in a report and made an appeal to the election board, which later ended the practice.

3:00 p.m. - An election observer from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which is focused on the Kurdish issue, has been detained in the southeastern province of Gaziantep for "interrupting election security."

The head of the polling officials cited the observer, identified as Ahmet D., in a report on charges of opposing the electoral law.

The observer was taken to a police station where he will testify.

2:40 p.m. - Elif Biçer, who is getting married on the night of Nov. 1 in the resort town of Fethiye, went to the ballot box in the Ortaca neighborhood wearing her wedding dress. "I got ready for my wedding in Fethiye, but I cast my vote because even one vote counts," said Biçer. 

2:30 p.m. - The electricity was cut off for about 1.5 hours in Istanbul's Güngören district due to the failure of a power distribution...

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