Voters Not Permitted to Vote and Reasons It was observed that 28 voters were not permitted to cast NOT their vote. The reason for refusal in 5 of the cases was not PERMITTED FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE TO VOTE identified by the observer (the voter or ballot box YES 28 2.9 committee member did not give information to the NO 751 78.6 observer). 6 people were refused because they names Total 779 81.6 were not on the voter list, 8 people had no valid ID, 9 MISSING 176 18.4 people were not registered, were registered in another Total 955 100.0 ballot box or already had a signature across their names on the list (they appeared to have already cast their vote). It could not be determined whether the people who were on duty at a ballot box were able to cast their vote at the assigned ballot box. The following were noted on the observation forms: ‘A voter who had a photocopy of his ID was not permitted to vote.’ ‘A voter who had lost his ID could not vote and was sent to a place where he could obtain an ID’, ‘A voter who had no photo on his ID was not permitted to vote.’ ‘A voter who showed a Driver’s License without a RoT ID number was not permitted to vote’, ‘The voter did not have his ID with him’, ‘A voter who had his/her marriage certificate was not permitted to vote because he/she did not have an ID’. REASON FOR FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE REFUSAL NOT 6 .6 REGISTERED INVALID ID 8 .8 OTHER 9 .9 Total 23 2.4 Missing 932 97.6 Total 955 100.0 Voters Who Faced Discrimination When Voting The fact that polling stations are not accessible by the disabled and elderly voters, and the situation created by the election materials not being prepared in a DISCRIMINATION FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE manner suitable for non-Turkish speakers DISABILITY 748 78.3 amounts to discrimination. At 748 ballot boxes AGE 3 .3 discrimination was observed against disabled MOTHER TONGUE 1 .1 voters; discrimination against elderly voters was DISABILITY/ETHNICITY 3 .3 observed at 3 ballot boxes; discrimination against DISABILITY /AGE 3 .3 non-Turkish speakers was observed at 1 ballot Total 758 79.4 box. In addition discrimination based on both MISSING 197 20.6 disability and ethnicity was observed at 3 ballot TOTAL 955 100.0 boxes; discrimination based on disability and age was observed at 3 ballot boxes. Observations about discrimination based on disability and age are related to the accessibility of polling stations whereas observations about discrimination based on mother tongue and ethnicity are related to the negative conditions faced by non-Turkish speaking voters. Discrimination against disabled and non-Turkish speaking voters was observed in 375 ballot boxes observed.