Turkish citizens living abroad can vote for second round of presidential elections in Turkey.

outgoing president Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the most votes in the first round of elections on 14 May, but narrowly missed an absolute majority of over 50% to avoid a runoff.

Erdogan will now fight with Kemal Kilicdaroglurunner-up in the first round.

In Turkey, ca. On May 28, 61 million voters will come to the polls. make a choice between two candidates.

Overseas, ca. 3.4 million voters are eligible to take part in the second round of voting.. The largest scatter is observed in Germanywhere they live ca. 3 million people with Turkish roots. From this group, approx. 1.5 million people could vote in Turkey’s elections.

According to the Turkish Electoral Authority, Turkish voters in Germany have until May 24 to vote in 17 polling stations.

In Berlin, according to the Turkish embassy, ​​people can also vote until Wednesday at the Turkish consulate general in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district.

Embassy says Turks and dual German-Turkish citizens from Berlin and Brandenburg can vote if they are already registered in the lists before the first round of voting.

According to the embassy, ​​about 64,000 voters voted in the first round at the Consulate General.

The Turkish Federation of Berlin-Brandenburg (TBB) says both factions are mobilizing their supporters in Berlin for the second round of the presidential election.

In the first round of voting, ca. 65% of voters in Germany voted for Erdoganwhich means that the outgoing president performed better in Germany and other countries than in Turkey.

With information from APE-MPE and DPA