ANKARA - The Higher Election Board (YSK) announced that people would cast their votes between 6.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. in the eastern provinces and between 7.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. in the western provinces on November 3, 2002 general elections.
The YSK's decision was published in Monday's Official Gazette.
According to the YSK, people in eastern 32 provinces will go to polls beginning from 6.00 a.m. and people in western 49 provinces will start casting their votes beginning from 7.00 a.m.
The voting will be held between 6.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. in the eastern provinces of Adiyaman, Agri, Artvin, Bingol, Bitlis, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Kars, Malatya, Kahramanmaras, Mardin, Mus, Ordu, Rize, Siirt, Sivas, Trabzon, Tunceli, Sanliurfa, Van, Bayburt, Batman, Sirnak, Ardahan, Igdir and Kilis.
The voting will be held between 7.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. in the western provinces of Adana, Afyon, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Aydin, Balikesir, Bilecik, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Edirne, Eskisehir, Hatay, Isparta, Icel, Istanbul, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya, Manisa, Mugla, Nevsehir, Nigde, Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Tekirdag, Tokat, Usak, Yozgat, Zonguldak, Aksaray, Karaman, Kirikkale, Bartin, Yalova, Karabuk, Osmaniye and Duzce.