About 127,000 Syrians participate in Turkish elections

, About 127,000 Syrians who obtained Turkish citizenship went Sunday morning to cast their votes in the 13th main selection elections in Turkey's history.

The percentage of Syrians who obtained Turkish citizenship is 0.2% of the total number of those entitled to vote in elections in which three candidates are competing for the presidential seat, and 24 political parties and 151 independent parliamentary candidates are competing for the parliamentary elections.

The number of Syrians who have obtained citizenship (over 18 years old) and who are entitled to participate in the elections has reached 126,768 people, out of the total number of those who have obtained citizenship, 223,881 Syrians.

The latest statistics of the Turkish General Directorate of Immigration Administration, published on May 4, indicate that there are three million, 395 thousand and 909 Syrian refugees under the “temporary protection” law who reside on Turkish territory.

The largest number of Syrians is in Istanbul with 531,55 Syrian refugees, followed by Gaziantep with 447,239 refugees, then Sanliurfa with 345,894 refugees.

The data of the “Supreme Elections Board” (YSK) indicated that the number of local voters reached 60,697,843 people, including 4,904,672 voters over the age of 18 voting for the first time.

Women constitute 50.6% of the number of voters, with a number of 30 million 710 thousand and 790 women, while the percentage of men constitutes 49.4%, with a number of 29 million 897 thousand and 53 people.

* The Syrians are a paper in the electoral campaigns

Some campaigns of political parties in Turkey relied on the Syrian card, and made the project of deporting them from the country an essential matter and one of their priorities if they succeeded in reaching the presidency.

Some political parties deliberately distorted the facts and intensified allegations against Syrian refugees in Turkey in order to win over voters in the crucial elections for Turkey's future.

The current Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, is running in strong elections against his rivals, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, 75, and Sinan Ogan, 55, after the withdrawal of the fourth candidate, Muharram Inge, 59.

With the presidential candidate obtaining the absolute majority of valid votes, ie his election by at least 50 + 1% of the number of voters, he becomes president of the country.

The Supreme Elections Board (YSK) had stated that the vote counting process would take place immediately after the end of the polling process, and that the announcement of the preliminary results would take place before 23:59.