Turkey, technology and transparency

Technology is, among other things, is the number one enabler of transparency through the world. If you keep a record of everything in your databases there is no way but to go transparent.

That is why there is much legislation around the world making businesses to keep everything from emails to transactions for many years digitally.

This makes it harder for companies to commit fraud, or at least makes it somewhat easier to find out about it.

The same goes for the public authorities in first world countries. Transparency is a major concern for people at the public roles.

However, it is very hard to say the same for countries like Turkey. The politicians in Turkey would like business from the “other” political views to be as transparent as possible. They take every precaution for the business of the “other” side to be viewed and re-viewed by taxation specialists and fine them very harshly if there is a doubt about tax fraud. However, if the businessman is of their “own side,” then they can just erase their taxes or change the tenders so those businessmen can profit the most.

Naturally, in Turkey technology cannot flourish because governments have never allowed it. They always make it seem that they support it, but never actually use it to evade fraud at all levels for example.

Therefore, it could be naive to ask for technology to be used in the elections, but I would never the less ask for it from the authorities. If there are no bad intentions, such as changing and altering the votes, an iPad with the purpose of entering and sending the vote count should be sent to all the voting ballots and be connected to a central hub, which should be open to all at any time. So that we as...