Be a part of the process, don't just watch

The Gezi Park movement was full of all colors, not the mono-color they want to paint Turkey with; it was a movement where people who wanted some things to be changed moved together without questioning and judging who was who. 

"Oy ve Ötesi" (Vote and Beyond) stemmed from Gezi and is made up of such people. They are people who say, "There is some trouble related to voting and counting. Never mind who I am or who I support. Come; let us solve this trouble together." 

These people are the antithesis of the situation where a political party is dominant and there are concerns that this political party would rule the polling stations. These people are the ones who see that some things are wrong in the country; they want to do something about this and are never a part of a political ideology. 

Vote and Beyond is sending voluntary election observers to voting stations in 45 provinces and 170 districts. At the end of the day of the election, they will check the accuracy of the protocols with the system. 

In the last elections they checked the protocols of nearly 130,000 voting stations. They warned the parties in problematic ones. 

They are impartial. There were cases when they told the Justice and Development Party (AKP), "Your rights have been violated here. We have the protocol. You can start the objection process."

Before Vote and Beyond, there used to be bags of votes and ballot boxes found here and there; there would be burnt ballots. 

Now, those who think about cheating at the polling station see there are people present there who say: "I am here. I am monitoring you. I know the rules. If you violate them I will catch you. We have lawyers. I will object. If you cheat in the system I will see that also."