Vote and Beyond

Vote and Beyond (Oy ve Ötesi)
Founded 24 April 2014
Founder Sercan Çelebi
Focus Democracy
Location
Method Ballot count security
Volunteers
55,000 (2015) [1]
Slogan "If you love your vote, count it"
Website oyveotesi.org

Vote and Beyond (Turkish: Oy ve Ötesi) is an NGO founded in İstanbul on 24 April 2014.[2] The main aims of the organization are to promote participation to the elections, increase awareness about the candidates and ensure transparency in observering of ballot count in the elections.[3][4]

Foundation

Start of the Vote and Beyond initiative dates back to Gezi Park protests in 2013.[5] It was founded by 8 volunteers that aim to direct the efforts of the protesters to a solid and fast resulting movement, since a great majority of the protesters were not related to any political entity before the protests.[6] Based on scientific research results done with Turkish voters 28% of the participants of a survey who stated that they don't believe that the election results will not be fair increased to 43% in 2015. The same research demonstrated that ratio of voters who believe that the results of the elections will be fair decreased to 43% in 2015 from 70% in 2007.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Turkish Voters Volunteer in Droves to Safeguard Fair Elections, wsj.com, retrieved 14 June 2015
  2. ↑ Biz Kimiz?, oyveotesi.org, retrieved 4 June 2015
  3. ↑ Oy ve Ötesi: Bu kez sandık başı daha da kritik, bbc.co.uk, retrieved 6 June 2015
  4. ↑ Turkey: Ruling AKP won’t work with Vote and Beyond election monitors, euronews.com, retrieved 6 June 2015
  5. ↑ Özgür Korkmaz (14 May 2015). "'Oy ve Ötesi' aims for fair election results, and beyond". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Barçın Yinanç (16 June 2014). "Civil body Vote and Beyond to monitor presidential polls". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Turkish volunteers flock to monitor knife-edge election, reuters.com, retrieved 6 June 2015
  8. ↑ Ahead of Turkey's Crucial Election, Citizens Take Action to Protect Their Vote, huffingtonpost.com, retrieved 6 June 2015


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