TURKISH Parliament
Parliamentary Elections
According to Article 66 of
the Constitution of Republic of Turkey, the electoral laws must be in
compliance with the principles of fair representation and administrative
stability. Since the beginning of the multi-party system in 1946, different
electoral systems have been adopted.
Parliamentary elections
are held every four years. Currently, a system of proportional representation
with a national threshold of 10% is valid. Accordingly, political parties that
cannot obtain more than 10% of valid votes throughout the country cannot win
seat(s) in the Assembly.
Parliamentary elections
shall be held in accordance with the principles of a general and secret vote
and open counting. The parliamentary election shall start on the first day of a
period of 90 days before the voting date. An election ends when the Supreme
Board of Election announces the results in the Official Gazette.
Turkish general election, 2018
General
elections are scheduled to occur
throughout Turkey on 24 June 2018. Originally due on 3
November 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced
that the vote was being brought forward on 18 April 2018. Presidential elections will be held to elect the President of Turkey using
a two-round system, with
the first round taking place on 24 June and a second round (if necessary) due
to occur two weeks after on 8 July. Parliamentary elections will take place to elect 600 Members of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Turkish Delegations to the International Parliamentary
Assemblies
International
parliamentary assemblies are specific organizations in the international arena
whose decisions do not have a binding effect on countries and governments.
The Grand National
Assembly of Turkey becomes a member of an international parliamentary assembly
with a decision of the Plenary upon a proposal of the Speaker. Currently, the
Assembly has already been represented in 10 international parliamentary
assemblies.
The number of deputies
representing the GNAT in parliamentary assemblies varies according to the
criteria foreseen in the Rules of Procedure. The deputies representing
the GNAT in these parliamentary assemblies are nominated according to Law No.
3620 and the internal regulations of political party groups. Political party
groups, in proportion to their powers, shall be represented in delegations to
the international parliamentary assemblies.
The nominees of the
political party groups are considered as elected when the Plenary is informed
of their names by the Office of the Speaker.
The deputies attending
international meetings are required to have a good command of French or
English, or one of the languages used at the meetings.
Turkey’s delegations to
international parliamentary assemblies are as follows:
a. Parliamentary
Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)
b. Asian
Parliamentary Assembly (APA)
c. Parliamentary
Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PAUFM)
d. Parliamentary
Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCEPA)
e. Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
f. Parliamentary
Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC)
g. The
Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)
h. The
Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATOPA)
i. The
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
j. The
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA)
k.Parliamentary
Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO)
l.South East European Cooperation Process
Parliamentary Assembly (SEECPPA)
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