More than 1.2 million voters cast their ballots. Turks abroad continue to vote in elections

Turkish voters living abroad continue to cast their ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections, as voting took place on Friday in new countries.

This morning, voting began in several countries, including Egypt, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Japan, and Turks headed to the polls to cast their votes.

Turks also went to the polls in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Kyrgyzstan and Hungary, as well as in Albania, North Macedonia, Iran, Ireland, China, Ukraine and other countries.

The number of Turks who cast their votes for the presidential and general elections in foreign representations and border crossings reached one million and 227 thousand and 230 people, as of Friday afternoon.

The number of registered voters outside the country is 3,416,98 people, according to data from Turkey's Supreme Election Commission.

One million 139,556 voters have cast their ballots in foreign representations since voting began, while the number of voters at border crossings reached 87,674.

Voting began at foreign representations and border crossings on April 27.

Polls are scheduled to close at foreign representations on May 9, while border crossings will continue until May 14, while voters across Turkey will head to the polls on May 14 to choose their candidates in the presidential and parliamentary elections.