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Turkey: 30,000 Syrians eligible to vote on Sunday

Turkey: 30,000 Syrians eligible to vote on Sunday | iNFOnews.ca
Muharrem Ince, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, is handed flowers to throw to his supporters following a speech at a rally, in Kahramanmaras, eastern Turkey, Monday, June 18, 2018. Ince is seen as a strong contender to end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 16 year rule in presidential elections on June 24, 2018. (Ziya Koseoglu/CHP Press Service via AP, Pool) A

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is quoted as saying that 30,000 Syrians who acquired Turkish nationality are eligible to vote in Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

The Hurriyet newspaper and other media said Yildirim made the comments Tuesday in the city of Izmir.

Turkey, which is hosting 3.5 million Syrian refugees, announced in 2016 that it would begin granting citizenship to Syrians.

Meanwhile, voting at Turkish diplomatic missions abroad for expatriate Turks ends Tuesday, with orange sealed bags carrying votes already arriving in Turkey. Voting at border gates and airports will continue until all polls close Sunday afternoon.

The country’s official Anadolu news agency said 41 per cent of the more than 3 million registered expatriate voters have cast their ballots so far.

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