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Legislative Framework

Turkey Turkey

LF001

Status of Electoral Law
Question:What is the status of the electoral law governing national elections?
Answer(s): a. Part of Constitution
b. Separate legislation
Comments:
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Turkey; Law on Basic Provisions on Elections and Voter Registers; Parliamentary Elections Law
Verified: 2016/01/21
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LF003

Electoral Law covers
Question:The national electoral law covers:
Answer(s): a. National elections
c. Local elections
d. Referendums
Comments:
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Turkey; Parliamentary Elections Law; Law on Basic Provisions on Elections and Voter Registers
Verified: 2016/01/21
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LF004

Compulsory/voluntary voting
Question:Is voting on the national level voluntary or compulsory?
Answer(s): b. Voting is compulsory and regulated in the electoral law
Comments: Those people who abstain from casting their votes, although they are registered as voters and eligible for casting their vote, without justified excuse in parliamentary general or mid-term elections shall be punished with a fine of ten thousand Turkish liras. This provision is definitive.
Source: Parliamentary Elections Act, art. 63: http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/1310/file/bbf6e67f60e5492350474eaa9e9a.pdf
Verified: 2016/01/21
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Electoral Disputes Agency(ies)
Question:What are the agency(ies) responsible for the first level of formal electoral disputes?
Answer(s): b. EMB
Comments: The Supreme Board of Election shall execute all the functions to ensure the fair and orderly conduct of elections from the beginning to the end, carry out investigations and take final decisions, during and after the elections, on all irregularities, complaints and objections concerning the electoral matters, and receive the electoral records of the members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and presidential election. No appeal shall be made to any authority against the decisions of the Supreme Board of Election.
Source: Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, art. 79: https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf
Verified: 2016/01/21
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