Anadolu Agency ready for Turkey's June general elections

The Anadolu Agency has launched a project called "AA Elections 2015" to release the results of Turkey's upcoming parliamentary elections on June 7.

With its experience from the last two elections in the country - the March 2014 local elections and the August 2014 presidential election - the agency's professional team has finalized preparations of its software, technical and personnel infrastructure.

Results, percentages of votes as well as voter turnout from the June elections - both from polls at home and abroad - will be broadcast in a fast and reliable manner, with comparisons to previous parliamentary polls in 2011.

Outside Turkey, ballot boxes will be set up in 54 countries, at 112 representation offices, for Turkish nationals living abroad who can cast their votes between May 8 and May 31.

AA has also added to the number of journalists and data providers to meet the expected huge demand from other media.

The agency's team has devised a special software program to efficiently transfer data to subscriber media outlets.

The election results, accompanied by related graphics, will be instantly transmitted to subscribers in the agency's eight broadcast languages on the website specially developed for the elections, as well as on its official website.

Political parties' share of votes will be broadcast. Victorious candidates will be announced, along with photos and their detailed profiles via a specific databank, currently in the works.

AA experience in last two elections

The agency has already proved itself in Turkey's local and presidential elections in 2014.

Some 85 percent of media institutions in Turkey subscribed to AA's special broadcast "Local Elections 2014," which was closely followed by the country's political parties and the international media.
The official results announced by Turkey's Supreme Elections Board (YSK) confirmed the authenticity of the results broadcast by the agency.

About 56 million Turkish citizens will vote in the country's 25th general elections to elect 550 members of Parliament.
A total of 54,812,423 people are registered to vote in Turkey, while 1,103,258 people will be able to cast their votes outside the country.
The Anadolu Agency has 1,450 subscriptions in 45 countries and publishes news in eight languages.

AA currently broadcasts in Turkish, English, Arabic, French, Kurdish, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (BCS), Russian, and Albanian.
The agency aims to become one of the world's most influential agencies by 2020, as part of its centennial vision.