The activities related to independent election observation or the platform are not directly or indirectly associated with any political party or candidate. Our independent election observers act in accordance with the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation. Methodology and Scope The Independent Election observation activities aim to monitor and report, throughout the election process, on the exercise of the right to vote and be elected, as guaranteed by international human rights instruments, with respect to disadvantaged groups and to determine whether elections were held in a democratic and fair environment. The process of observation, as a whole, covers the creation of the voter registries, the determining of candidates, electioneering activities, voter training, election day observation, appeals and the examination of the election results. The OSCE was granted accreditation by the Supreme Board of Elections (SBE) to observe the elections of November 1st 2015. Prior to the elections of November 1st, Two associations, who are members of the IEOP, namely, Association for Monitoring Equal Rights (AMER) and The Human Rights Association (HRA) individually petitioned the Supreme Board of Elections (SBE) requesting accreditation as independent observers. The SBE rejected both applications. Despite the rejection by the SBE, in an effort to exercise the democratic right to observe the elections, the provincial election boards were sent notifications and election observation teams were set up. In addition, a call was made to voters to become an ‘observer for equality’ and to report any violations they may have witnessed to the platform. The call was made via AMER’s web site and the social media, In the process of elections, 5 citizens have reported to the IEOP on voter registries, and 1 citizen reported on the violation of the right to vote. Detailed information about these reports can be found under the relevant sections Reports were made to the platform by citizens who had filed 15 separate petitions for information to 9 different institutions during the election process. In the November 1st elections, Independent observers from 40 NGOs1 observed the voting process in 20 provinces in 390 polling stations (POs) and 955 ballot boxes. Counting was observed at 255 ballot boxes. Election observation was conducted using three separate standardised forms. The forms, which were filled out by observers were analysed using SPSS 21.0. Election observation was carried out in the following provinces: Adana, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Ankara, Antalya, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Elazığ, Hatay, Mersin, Istanbul, Izmir, Kırklareli, Konya, Manisa, Muğla, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Trabzon and Van. During the post election day observation, an evaluation was made of the appeals and complaints against the election results as well as the results themselves. Since it was not possible to access any clear information regarding these decisions of the SBE, which are not subject to judicial review, it has not been possible to evaluate whether or not they were in compliance with the law or based on equal treatment. Hence, an in depth legal analysis could not be performed on this front. The post election evaluation is limited to information gathered from newspaper reports and some quantitative data. 1 Annex I: NGOs participating in the observation activity.