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Friday, July 20, 2007

Reuters AlertNet - Voting ban abroad leaves German Turks disgruntled

"Voting ban abroad leaves German Turks disgruntled
19 Jul 2007 09:29:50 GMT

By Douwe Miedema

BERLIN, July 19 (Reuters) - Turks in Germany say their homeland is robbing millions of citizens of a basic right by not letting anyone vote outside the country.

Turkey has set up polling stations on its land borders and at airports ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, but unlike most Western countries does not let citizens abroad vote at embassies, by mail or electronically."

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