Voting
Turks abroad form long lines to vote in runoff elections
Nearly 500,000 Turkish citizens living abroad have cast their ballots in the presidential election runoff in just one day, causing long queues at the country's foreign representations.
Country gears up for election day
With less than 24 hours remaining until the start of voting in the general election in Greece, the voting process began on Saturday as polling stations abroad opened to allow Greeks registered to vote abroad cast their ballot.
Of the 9.8 million voters on the electoral rolls, 400,000 are first-time voters.
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Overseas voters head to polls for 2nd round
Voting for the second round of the presidential election slated for May 28 at home began for Turkish citizens living abroad on May 20 at the foreign representative offices and customs gates.
The Supreme Election Council (YSK) installed ballot boxes at 167 points in Türkiye's 151 representatives in 73 countries.
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Voters with digital IDs may face delays, Interior Ministry says
While voters with digital IDs may use them to identify themselves at polling stations on Sunday's general election, they may face delays, an Interior Ministry official has warned.
Kılıçdaroğlu wins more Votes among Turkish voters in Bulgaria but Erdogan leads almost Everywhere abroad
The vast majority of Turkish voters in Bulgaria preferred the opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to the current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential elections in Turkey, according to the results of the vote abroad, announced by the Turkish publication "Duvar" and quoted by BTA.
Country records high turnout in presidential, parliamentary elections
Türkiye's historic presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 witnessed a high voter turnout at 86.2 percent.
The figure was barely below the 88.2 percent turnout in 2018 when Turkish voters headed to ballot boxes to elect the president and members of the parliament.
Greek expatriates to cast votes abroad ahead of May 21 elections
A total of 22,816 Greeks residing abroad will participate in voting on May 20, one day prior to the general elections scheduled for May 21.
Over 53 mln dropped votes in nearly 200,000 ballot boxes
Over 53 million people on May 14 dropped their votes in more than 190,000 ballot boxes set up across the country for the elections.
The number of voters imprisoned and convicted of negligent crimes was over 50,000.
Voting process concludes smoothly: YSK president
Supreme Election Board (YSK) President Ahmet Yener has announced that the voting process of the landmark 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections has concluded smoothly.
He also extended his condolences to the families of the three people who died of a heart attack during the voting process.
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Three people die of heart attack during polls
Three people died of a heart attack at separate polling stations during the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14.
In the Black Sea province of Rize, 64-year-old Şeref Kurt was on duty at one of the polling stations set up at a school where he also voted.
He suddenly collapsed at the polling booth around 9 a.m.
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