Elections

Some 17,258 disabled and elderly voters in Turkey cast their votes from their houses and hospitals via mobile ballot boxes on June 24, a first in Turkish election history.

Young voters are widely believed to determine the outcome of the upcoming elections, but more than 80 percent said they weren't interested in politics in a poll conducted last year.

Part of the three million Turkish citizens living abroad have begun voting on June 7 for the June 24 presidential and general elections at customs gates and foreign missions. 

Over three million Turkish expatriates will begin voting for the June 24 presidential and general elections on June 7, with the first group to cast their votes in the most distant land of all, Australia. 

The number of citizens aged between 18 and 25 who were eligible to vote in the last elections was around 9 million. This number will surpass 10 million with those who will vote for the first time in the elections on June 24.

People are standing in long queues outside civil registry offices across the country to be registered as voters for the upcoming June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections. People are standing in long queues outside civil registry offices across the country to be registered as voters for the upcoming June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections. 

Turkey has made a formal request to Germany to set up polling stations at Turkish consulates in the country for the June 24 early elections, officials said on April 23.

Countries obviously do not have feelings. They operate with absolute cynicism, in accordance with their capabilities, interests and the global balance of power and, ostensibly, according to the principles governing their political system. One could also say that they usually act on the basis of a certain rationale, in the practical rather than moral sense, aiming to serve their goals.

Voter turnout in the Russian presidential election reached 67.4% as of 6.52 a.m. Moscow Time, Russia's Central Election Commission reported.

The Central Election Commission continues counting the votes on Monday.

Russia's incumbent head of state Vladimir Putin has garnered 76.67% of the vote in the March 18 election with 99.79% of the ballots counted.

It has become commonplace in contemporary political discourse to lament what is perceived to be a crisis in liberal democracy.

Our political systems don't work anymore, it is claimed. Classic notions and institutions no longer inspire confidence, particularly among younger citizens. More and more people are openly expressing doubts about the merits of democratic governance.