ELECTION GENERAL PARTICIPATION RATE OF PARTICIPATION OF RATE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 25. Term Parliamentary Election 86.43% 77.59% 26. Term Parliamentary Election 87.40% 78.43% 27. Term Parliamentary Election 88.19% 78.05% Moreover, data indicates a decrease in the participation of voters with disabilities compared to the previous elections in the last elections, despite the establishment of mobile ballot boxes. However, there is an increase in general participation rate in the same election. We would like to emphasize another point here that we have not been able to confirm the rates offered to the Committee as voting rates of voters with disabilities, in the recent Replies of Turkey to the List of Issues of the Committee. This information cannot be found in YSK’s official web-page or in any other published material. In fact, this constitutes an example of the available information not being shared with the public. The General Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly (EYHGM), which is the focal mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the Convention, has not established any national plan to ensure equal access for persons with disabilities. EYHGM does not analyze the practices and the decisions taken by the YSK to the elections with the perspective of the Convention. YSK rejects the applications made by CSOs for independent observation and monitoring on election day which also includes monitoring and observing the process for voters with disabilities. AMER’s such applications made to YSK since the 2011 General Elections have all been rejected on grounds of domestic law, which make a total of seven applications. 2. On The Right to Conduct Public Affairs The right to participate in political life is not only limited to voting in elections. It includes full and effective participation in political life through participation in decision-making processes at all levels, 24