Turkish expat votes could sway election results.
Turkish citizens living abroad have begun to cast their votes in the countries they live in and at Turkish border posts, 17 days before Turkey holds pivotal elections. There are 3.4 million registered Turkish voters living outside of the country, which is more than five percent of the total electorate. Recent polls indicate that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main competitor, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, are neck-and-neck. The votes coming from abroad may tilt the balance in favour of Erdogan, as he polls strongly in Europe, where the bulk of the Turkish immigrants live, who are mostly conservative.
