Disabled People and Electoral Participation in Turkey

The aim of this study was to identify the problems that disabled people encounter during election process and voting, to show alternative practices in various countries in order to solve these problems, and to evaluate applications for newly started disabled people in country. For this purpose firstly the legal and institutional framework were examined for elections in terms of disabled individuals in Turkey, the Supreme Election Council (YSK) envisaged by voting methods have been revised. Secondly, in the study, in-depth interviews were held with the aim of determining the voting processes and experiences of electors with physical and visually disabled people who have the right to vote and living in Malatya. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed on three axes from the “facilities”, “materials” and “voting procedures” which are noted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities