Problems Related to Election Day On Election Day, our independent observers were prevented from observing in a limited number of polling stations. The statements of the observers with regard to these incidents are as follows: “It has determined that the authorized police station command has made the ballot box chairperson sign a protocol that they are not to allow independent election observers to observe the voting process in the Adıyaman Bağbaşı village polling station district. It was also reported that the chairperson of the ballot box committee was put under pressure to allow for the village headman and his acquaintances as well as some other people without ID cards to cast their vote.” “The chairperson of the ballot box committee for Ballot Box 1119 at the Adıyaman Akıncılar Primary School stated that the Gendarmerie had visited the polling station in the morning and had them sign a document stating that they will not allow independent observers to make observations at the polling station.” “Independent election observer Mehmet Öztürk was prevented from making observations at ballot box No. 2195 in the province of Malatya in Abdulgaffar Neighborhood Gazi High School.” “The police prevented observation at Ballot box No. 1104 in the Van Mehmet Akif İnan Primary School.” “In Şanlıurfa, Village of Dikme, an observer from the Human Rights Association was attacked at the ballot box where he was carrying out observations.” “At the Yeşil Urfa School, an observer was assaulted by the ballot box committee members at the ballot boxes 2034 and 2025 and forced out of the school.” Scope of Monitoring PROVINCE Out of all polling stations covering 1703 ballot boxes, 65 were observed to have campaing materials and 48 had ongoing campaign activities. In addition to campaign activities for political parties or candidates, in schools concentrated in Mersin, there were unsigned brochures campaigning against the Democratic People’s Party. 16 Ballot boxes where voting was observed Ballot boxes where counting observed ADANA 17 7 ADIYAMAN 101 13 ANKARA 40 3 ÇANAKKALE 5 2 DİYARBAKIR 310 35 EDİRNE 38 7 ELAZIĞ 33 1 GAZİANTEP 11 11 HAKKARİ 10 4 HATAY 54 6 MERSİN 65 21 İSTANBUL 63 10 İZMİR 292 42 MALATYA 14 9 MANİSA 52 6 MUĞLA 184 23 SAKARYA 16 3 TRABZON 43 5 TUNCELİ 11 10 ŞANLIURFA 83 19 VAN 261 72 TOPLAM 1.703 309