Elections in Turkey

The Parliament (Meclis) has 600 members, elected for a five-year term by a system based on closed list proportional representation according to the D'Hondt method.

The president is elected for a term of office of five years and is eligible for one re-election.

To put forward a referendum regarding constitutional amendments, a supermajority (three fifths of the votes) in the parliament is required first.

The constitutional referendum of 2017 enhanced the powers of the president, and since 2018, the focus has shifted from parliamentary to the presidential elections.

However, the constitution of 1982 abolished the Senate and Turkey once again adopted a unicameral system.

Turkey relatively has a high voter turnout rate comparing to modern democracies.

Scene inside a polling station during the Turkish general election of 2015 : a voter, election officials and a standard transparent ballot box .