Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) chairman Ahmet Yener said, as reported:Ready for electronic votingz” he explained.
TV100 programmer Sinan Burhanupon his meeting with the Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Board (YSK), Ahmet Yener, said: “It is a historic event in the history of the Turkish election system. We met with Mr. Ahmet Yener. In his speech, Ahmet Yener Bey said, ‘We examined the Russian elections and the Azerbaijani elections. We examined the American elections. Nowadays, change, development and technology are used at the highest level in the world. We also work with Ankara University. We have made all preparations for the electronic voting system. “Decision in the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye,” he says. This is truly a historical statement. This is very controversial. The infrastructure has been prepared, they have done the work with Ankara University and scientists. Technological support was received from both TÜBİTAK and IT agencies. R&D work is currently being carried out at Ankara University.” Actually, this is not the first time this issue has come up. Even before, “Türkiye is preparing to switch to the electronic election system implemented in many countries such as the USA, Estonia, Switzerland, Canada and Brazil.The news made a splash.
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YSK President Ahmet Yener stated that it is essential for Turkey to switch to electronic elections, He explained that they would work on this issue after the local elections as follows: “We will meet with our political party representatives in the parliament on issues that require legal regulation. If legal regulations can be made, electronic elections will be used. It will happen in 2028 or later, but it’s inevitable. My prediction is that there will be a switch to electronic voting. Electronic voting will save us from great economic costs. It will also provide great convenience for our citizens. It will be beneficial in many ways. If it is decided to switch to this system; Among the countries that use electronic voting, the model of countries with populations close to ours should be taken as basis. I think it would be appropriate to use a model in a country with at least 45-50 million voters instead of a country with 2 million voters.
As far as I know, Estonia is at an advanced stage regarding Electronic Elections. We will research in which other countries it exists, we will go and examine it. We will invite them here. This will be technically examined. We will take the opinions of our engineer friends and draw a route. But all of this is after the local elections. It can also be via e-Government. All of these alternatives will be examined, considered and evaluated. In my opinion, switching to electronic voting is a must. My personal opinion is that it would be beneficial to switch to electronic voting, even if it is after an election or two.”