Scenes from the Ballot Box

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The voting procedure for March 31 General Local Elections have started at 7 a.m. in 32 provinces and at 8 a.m. in other provinces for 57 million voters.

In Tekirdağ, Şebnem İlhan came to the ballot box with her cat Zubi. Photograph: Mesut Karaduman / AA

In the province of Konya, Ömür Belgin, a neighborhood head (mukhtar) candidate who campaigned on horseback for four months, also went to cast his vote on the back of his horse Cemşit.

In Kırıkkale, 83 voters who are with disabilities, old or ill cast their votes at four mobile ballot boxes. Photograph: Zekeriya Karadavut / AA

After an earthquake with 5.5 magnitude hit the district of Acıpayam im Denizli, voters in some neighborhoods cast their votes at ballot boxes placed in tents. Photograph: Mustafa Dermencioğlu / AA

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