IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Turkey

Republic of Türkiye

84,979,910	14
Population (as of Jan. 1, 2022)	Elections in our database
64,197,454	83.45%
Registered Voters (as of None)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Turkish Grand National Assembly	Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi	Assembly
Turkish Presidency	None	Head of State & Government

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN (since 28 August 2014)
Head of Government: President Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN (since 9 July 2019)
Assembly: unicameral Grand National Assembly (Büyük Millet Meclisi) with 600 seats

Description of electoral system:

The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 5-year terms.
All 600 members of the Grand National Assembly are directly elected via party-list proportional representation vote in multi-seat constituencies. Members serve 5-year terms.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Turkish Grand National Assembly	1999-04-18	32,656,070	37,495,217	87.09
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2002-11-03	32,661,123	41,133,105	79.4
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2007-07-22	36,059,293	42,799,303	84.25
Referendum	2010-09-12	38,369,165	52,051,828	73.71
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2011-06-12	43,914,948	52,807,777	83.16
Turkish Presidency	2014-08-10	41,283,627	55,692,841	74.13
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2015-06-07	47,507,389	56,608,817	83.92
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2015-11-01	48,537,695	56,949,009	85.23
Referendum	2017-04-16	48,374,576	55,319,222	87.45
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2018-06-24	51,183,729	59,354,840	86.23
Turkish Presidency	2018-06-24	49,669,129	59,354,840	83.68
Turkish Grand National Assembly	2023-05-14	53,994,049	60,721,745	88.92
Turkish Presidency	2023-05-14	55,833,153	64,145,504	87.04
Turkish Presidency	2023-05-28	54,023,601	64,197,454	84.15

Voter Turnout

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