Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 7-year term. In the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi) 550 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Elections in Turkey

(courtesy of wikipedia)

Turkey has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and often a fourth party that is electorally successful. Since 1950, parliamentary politics has been dominated by conservative parties. Even the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party), although its core cadres root from the Islamist current, tends to identify itself with the "tradition" of DP (Democratic Party). The leftist parties, most notable of which is CHP (Republican People's Party), draw much of their support from big cities, coastal regions, professional middle-class, and minority groups such as Alevis and Kurds.