The electoral excitement of Turks living abroad is also reflected in the ballot boxes. Long queues form in front of the polling stations. The number of people who voted abroad exceeded 1 million in a week.
In some countries, due to the interest of the voters, it was requested to establish additional ballot boxes.
Supreme Election Board; It has decided to increase the number of ballot boxes in existing election centers in Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
In the statement made by YSK;
“For the Consulate General of Dusseldorf, the number of ballot boxes was 15 on May 6-7-8-9, 19 ballot boxes; for the Consulate General of Essen, 15 on May 6-7, 19 ballot boxes; 12 ballot boxes in the number of ballot boxes, which was 10 on May 8-9,
12 ballot boxes in the number of ballot boxes, which was 6 on May 8-9 for the Hannover Consulate General, 6 ballot boxes on May 8-9 for the Consulate General of Kassel, 6 ballot boxes on May 8-9 for the Consulate General of Karlsruhe, 10 ballot boxes,
For the Consulate General of Münster, the number of ballot boxes was 8 on May 8-9, 10 ballot boxes;
The number of ballot boxes, which was 14 for the Stuttgart Consulate General on 8-9 May, is 20.
ballot box, 9 ballot boxes where the number of ballot boxes was 8 on 6-7 May for the Consulate General of Vienna, 7 ballot boxes where the number of ballot boxes was 5 on 8-9 May, 15 ballot boxes for the Paris Consulate General on 8 May,
The number of ballot boxes, which was 1 on May 8 for the Consulate General of Bordeaux, was 2, and the number of ballot boxes, which was 8 on May 6-7, for the Consulate General of Lyon, was 11
ballot box, 8 ballot boxes in the number of ballot boxes, which was 5 on May 8, 3 ballot boxes, which were 2 on May 8 for the Consulate General of Nant,
For the Consulate General of Strasbourg, the number of ballot boxes was 5 on May 8-9, 10 ballot boxes, the number of ballot boxes was 2 on May 8-9 for the Consulate General of Marseille, 4 ballot boxes, 14 ballot boxes for the Consulate General of Deventer on May 6-7, 16 ballot boxes, 6- ballot boxes for the Consulate General of Amsterdam. 18 of the number of ballot boxes, which was 14 on May 7,
For the Luxembourg Embassy, it was decided to accept the request to increase the number of ballot boxes from 4 to 5 ballot boxes on 6-7 May, and to increase the number of ballot boxes from 3 to 5 ballot boxes on 8-9 May. it was said
The number of countries where ballot boxes were set up was 29.
Voting has also started in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates.
Thus, the number of countries where ballot boxes were established abroad increased to 29.
Votes can be cast until 7 May in these 3 countries.
In Kazakhstan, it is possible to vote at the Embassy of Astana and the consulates in Almaty and Aktau.
In Germany, where 1.5 million Turkish voters live, 415 thousand 776 people voted in a week.
Compared to the same period of the election in 2018, turnout increased by 33 percent. Essen was the city with the most votes, with 50,986.
In Belgium, where there are 153 thousand 446 Turkish voters, the number of people voting has approached 60 thousand.
In the Netherlands, where there are 286 thousand 753 voters, more than 95 thousand people voted.
Voting in Greece continues in 4 centers.
11,714 registered voters across the country cast their votes in the consulates of Piraeus, Komotini, Rhodes and Thessaloniki.
There are 3 million 416 thousand 98 Turkish voters abroad.