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Election day on the territory of the Republic of Turkey started on time in 151 out of a total of 166 sections opened for the National Assembly elections.

In 15 of them, the start was delayed due to the non-appearance of some chairmen or members of sectional election commissions proposed by political parties and coalitions.  

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs promptly offered reserve members to fill the positions in the respective SICs and their sections are already working.

The election day in Turkey has started, there is a record number of sections in the country

In one of the sections in the Edirne region, a technical impossibility was established for the functioning of one of the voting machines, and there the vote took place with one instead of two machines.

All the sections abroad that were supposed to work at the moment have now opened and are functioning normally.