The number of Turks voting abroad in this month’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey rose to a record level of 1.49mn, the head of the High Election Board, Sadi Guven, said yesterday.
Voting at Turkish diplomatic missions abroad began on June 7 and finished on Tuesday evening.
Some 3.047mn Turkish voters are registered abroad, meaning the turnout of foreign voters currently stands at 48.8%.
Expatriates can still vote at Turkey’s border gates until June 24.
The turnout level in Turkey itself is generally much higher and stood at 85% at the last parliamentary election in November 2015.
In that election, the number of voters abroad totalled 1.3mn and in a referendum last year the number rose to 1.4mn, according to data from state-run Anadolu news agency.




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