Voter turnout in is quite high, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoglu told journalists after voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Trabzon, Report informs.
"I wish the result of the elections to be favorable. The observed turnout is a manifestation of faith in democracy. I hope our nation will appreciate the opportunity given to them," the minister said.
The voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Türkiye began at 08:00 local time (GMT+3) and will continue until 17:00.
There are more than 191,000 polling stations in the country, and 64,113,941 voters have been registered. Of these, about 5 million people will exercise their right to vote for the first time.
Three politicians are vying for the presidency - incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republican People's Party chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Sinan Oğan, an Ata İttifakı (Ancestral Alliance) candidate. The fourth candidate, the chairman of the Fatherland Party, Muharrem Ince, announced his withdrawal from the presidential race three days before the elections.