Electoral System in Turkey And

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ELECTORAL SYSTEM INTURKEY ANDPOLITICAL PARTIES


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Declaration ofRepublic: 29 October1923

-Founder: Mustafa

Kemal ATATRK-President of the

Republic : Abdullah

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The president regard

implementation of theconstitution, the regular andharmonious functioning ofstate.

Elected for 5 years.

Prime minister is the head ofthe executive also chaired thecouncil of ministers.

Prime minister controls thegoverment and the operations.

Elected for 4 years.


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Electoral System

Turkey is a parliamentary system.

Electoral system has been aproportional representation systemof dam as a valid country since1983.

DHondt system is exerted.

Threshold is 10%

Proportional representationsystem is exertedat the level ofprecinct. According to this system,country is divided to electoral

district.


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change the electoral system because they want to be chosen

the next election. So electoral system has changedconstinously and changes are as difficult to be elected.

In the last changes were made October 21, 2007. According tothis change reduced to the general election period is 5 years to

4 years. Now parliament has got 550 members.

Turkish citizens, 18 years and over, have the right andobligation to vote and citizens 25 years or olderhave the right

to become candidates for parliament.


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POLITICAL PARTIES

Turkey had a one- party system between 1923 and 1946.

Multi-party system has been started in 1946.

In Turkey, if a party is closed, new party which looks like

the closed party is opened with different name. Because of this stiuation, voters dont change their ideas.Always they vote the party which one they vote the lastelections.


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Last Election: 12 June 2011.

15 Parties attendedthe election but 3 parties entered theparliament.

AKP, CHP, MHP and independent deputies could enter theparliament.

AKP was being a single party in government. They won theelections 3 semesters.

First party Second party Third party

Leader Recep Tayyip ErdoanKemal Kldarolu DevletBaheli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemal_K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7daro%C4%9Fluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemal_K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7daro%C4%9Fluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devlet_Bah%C3%A7elihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devlet_Bah%C3%A7elihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devlet_Bah%C3%A7elihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devlet_Bah%C3%A7elihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemal_K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7daro%C4%9Fluhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan


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Right Parties:

Justice and Development Party (AKP):

- Recep Tayyip Erdoan is leader.

- Party has been founded since 14 August 2001.

- AKP is a conservative party and political position iscentre-right

- Their ideology: economic liberalism and liberalconservatism

- In the last election they received votes from 49.9%.

-They have got 327 members in parliament.


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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP):

- Alparslan Trke is founder and he is legendary leader forMHPs voters.

- Party is founded in 1969. - Leader is Devlet Baheli.

- Political position is far-right.

- Their ideology: unity of Turkish Nationalism and Pan-Turkism.

- In the last election, they received votes from 12,9%.

- They achieved to enter the parliament.

- They have got 53 members in parliament


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Left Party:

Republican Peoples Party (CHP):

- Party is founded in 9 September 1923 by

Mustafa Kemal ATATRK.

- Known as the founder of Republic of Turkey.

-Leader is Kemal Kldarolu.

- Their ideology: Kemalism and social democracy.

- Political position is centre-left.

- Until Turkey has passed the multi-party system CHP wasonly party in Turkey.

-In last election they received votes from


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Independents:

- In the last election some parties in elections for the 10%threshold grated bloc of independent candidates as joined.

- 203 persons have been nominated for an independentmember of parliament but only 35 persons won theelection.

- They received votes from 6,5%.


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Important points:

In Turkey, the most important issue discussed onthe partysystem because thershold is very high so a few parties canenter the parliament. Consequently opposition parties havenot. In this case this situation contrast with multi-party

system. We see one party which control the government. when we look president and prime minister; prime minister

has got competence than president. In this situation Turkeyis nearly for semi-president system. The best example of

this situation: president is chosen by the Turkish people.


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