Establishment and definitions:

(Change: 17/5/1979 - 2234/1 art.)      A) Establishment:

 Depending on Supreme Election Council, a “Voters Registry Directorate General” in Ankara and “Bureau of Voters Registry” for every districts have been establishment. 

             B) Definitions:

1. Computer environment that defines voters and citizens individually, determines their resident addresses, is called “Electoral Register”. 


2. Electoral roll is obtained by Directorate General of Electoral Roll depending on Supreme Election Council with works designed, planned and executed in competence with this Law. 


3. All records used to define the voter such as name, surname, date of birth and place of birth are called as “data”. 


4. Whole of data that define a voter individually is called “Information related to voter”.


5. The district where the permanent residence of the voter exists, mukhtar, street names and building and flat number is called as “address of the voter.


6. All voters are determined and defined with electoral roll line number, name, surname, names of mother and father, place of birth and date of birth.


7. Change, amendment and completion of information in electoral roll is called “Updating” of electoral register. 


8. (addition 13/3/2008-5749/3 art.) Information composed in line with address registry system for the citizens living
   

   Overseas due to this Law is called “Overseas Electoral roll”.