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Expats to vote for 5th time in Turkish polls

Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published May 23,2018
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This will be the fifth time Turkish expatriates will get an opportunity to vote in the country's election process when they go to polls late June.

Polling stations for the expats will be set up in 60 countries.

The first time Turkish nationals were able to vote from abroad was on Aug. 10, 2014, which was the first popular election of the presidency; it was followed by parliamentary elections on June 7, 2015, early general elections on Nov. 1, 2015 and then the April 16, 2017, referendum.

The number of Turkish nationals abroad, number of countries where polling booths will be set up and the participation rate of the citizens has seen a rising trend since 2014.