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The previous Turkish general election took place in 2018. The election marked the country's transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential one, as narrowly endorsed by voters in the 2017 constitutional referendum. That election resulted in a victory for incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had held the position since 2014.
On 18 January 2023, Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, signalled that the elections will be held earlier than the scheduled date, specifically on 14 May 2023, in a symbolic reference to the election victory of former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes on 14 May in the 1950 Turkish general election, defeating the candidate of the then governing CHP ...
The elections took place nine months after the 2023 parliamentary and presidential elections, where most parties opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rallied behind the leader of the Republican People's Party, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, including the center-right Good Party (İYİ) and the pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) (now renamed to Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM)).
Preliminary results showed the longtime leader had 49.5% of the vote. ... May 15, 2023. Turkey's presidential elections appeared to be heading toward a second-round runoff on Monday, with ...
The 28th Parliament of Turkey was elected at the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election. [1] It succeeded the 27th Parliament of Turkey in May 2023. The 600 members , elected through proportional representation from 87 electoral districts of Turkey , are shown below.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been at Turkey’s helm for 20 years, is favored to win a new five-year term in the second-round runoff, after coming just short of an outright victory in ...
The Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey conducts population reviews of each district before the election and can increase or decrease a district's number of seats according to their electorate. In all but four cases, electoral districts share the same name and borders as the 81 provinces , with the exceptions being Ankara , Bursa , İzmir and ...
During the first round of ballots in the 2023 Presidential Election, Erdoğan failed to cross the 50% threshold, resulting in a second runoff election against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. [205] On 28 May 2023 Erdoğan won the second round with 52.14% of the vote, with over 99% of the total vote counted. [206]