Turkish citizens living abroad on Thursday have begun casting their votes to participate in Turkey's June 24 presidential and general elections in foreign missions and customs gates.
Voting for the June 24 elections began at airports and border gates in Turkey as well as in Turkish diplomatic missions in 60 countries. The expatriate polls close on June 19.
Germany, Austria, and France were the first to vote in Europe.
Some 3 million expatriate Turks are eligible to vote in the elections that are being held more than a year earlier than scheduled. Nearly half of them - 1.4 million - live in Germany.
Turkish citizens living abroad and travelling to Turkey can also cast their votes at custom gates until 5 p.m. local time on June 24.
Meanwhile, the voting process at customs gates of Istanbul’s Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen airports started at 8.00 a.m. local time.
Turks also started voting at the Kapikule and Ipsala border gates in the northwestern Edirne province and at the Derekoy border gate in the northwestern Kirklareli province.
