HANOVER, Germany, October 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Join Us - Gurbetin
Oylari - and Contribute to a Transparent and Fair
Election
As Turkey is preparing for the
26th Turkish General Parliamentary Elections on November 1st, Turkish Citizens living abroad will
be casting their votes at 113 ballot points between the dates of
October 8th - 25th, 2015.
A list of international ballot locations along with voting
schedule in each country is available at this link: goo.gl/hJUhVb .
Turkish Citizens who are registered at the Turkish Expat Ballot
Registryhttps://goo.gl/ubKw1y will be able to participate.
The list of customs gates established for expat voters
between the dates October 8th - November
1st can be reached at goo.gl/OGHjqH .
As Gurbetin Oylari (Expat
Votes), our mission is to encourage Turkish expats to participate
in the Turkish elections by voting and safeguarding the ballots,
thus contribute to a fair, non-partisan, transparent and secure
election process.
We are a non-partisan platform comprised of Turkish expats from
across the world, and have been working as a volunteer grassroots
community since Turkish citizens abroad gained the right to vote
abroad for the first time in the 2014 Presidential Elections.
Currently, we are active in Germany, the U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, United Arab
Emirates, Bosnia,
Finland, France, the
Netherlands, England,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, Northern
Cyprus, Norway and
Poland. Besides encouraging
Turkish citizens to vote and to contribute to election safety by
monitoring the process, Gurbetin Oylari, aims to ensure the
necessary information flow for Gurbetin Oylari volunteers to become
ballot security volunteers. We work toward a fair and
transparent election process by raising awareness on issues related
to election safety through social media. We develop online
training programs for volunteers, monitor the ballot locations
across the world and also in Ankara (where expat votes are opened and
counted), interrupt and record any irregularities observed during
the voting or ballot counting process, and analyze ballot records.
Our report on the 25th General Parliamentary Elections can be
viewed at: http://goo.gl/vmuQ73
There are currently over 2,8 million Turkish citizens
registered abroad that make up 5% of the total number of voters
. Recent studies highlight that the votes abroad have become
ever more potent, as a slight variation in participation and votes
can make a major difference. The expat votes can be the final
determining factor for parties at the edge of the electoral
threshold or in swing cities, considering the expat votes are
distributed to the entire country based on the electoral chairs
each city holds in the congress. Moreover, ballot security and
ballot record analysis is an especially crucial issue for expat
ballots because these ballots are cast at 113 different locations
across the world but they are not opened where they are cast. The
sealed expat ballots are transferred to Ankara, where they are all opened and counted
at the Ankara Trade Center on the day of the elections in
Turkey. Our
video: http://goo.gl/tmLqPH provides further information on
the ballot record analysis that the Gurbetin Oylari volunteers have
been conducting for the past 2 years.
Come and be our volunteer and help us take ownership of
our ballots!
Gurbetin Oylari would like to encourage all to contribute
to the democratization process in Turkey by voting and signing up to volunteer
at: http://www.gurbetinoylari.com/gonullu.
Gurbetin Oyları
+1-310-560-5004
gurbetinoylari@gmail.com
http://www.gurbetinoylari.com
facebook.com/GurbetinOylari
twitter.com/GurbetinOylari
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