History of Turkish presidential elections

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There have been 21 elections for the President of Turkey since the establishment of the republic in 1923, electing 12 distinct Turkish citizens as president. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and İsmet İnönü were elected four times, Celal Bayar was elected three times, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected twice, Cemal Gürsel, Cevdet Sunay, Fahri Korutürk, Turgut Özal, Süleyman Demirel, Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Abdullah Gül were each elected once. Kenan Evren became the president without an election, so that he assumed the title by the ratification of the present constitution on 7 November 1982 (Constitution of Turkey provisional article 1).

Direct elections[]

The 2014 presidential elections in August 2014 was the first direct election of a President (which was before elected by MPs in the Turkish parliament), a result of a 2007 referendum created and backed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Acting presidents[]

In case of a temporary absence of the president on account of illness, travel abroad, or similar circumstances, the Vice President serves as acting president, and exercises the powers of the president until the president resumes his functions, and if the presidency falls vacant as a result of death or resignation or for any other reason, until the election of a new president.

See also[]

• List of presidents of Turkey
• 2018 Turkish presidential election

References[]

• Tesav (in Turkish)
• President's website

Notes[]

External links[]

• Roger P. Nye (1977). "Civil-Military Confrontation in Turkey: The 1973 Presidential Election". International Journal of Middle East Studies, 8, pp 209–228. doi:10.1017/S0020743800026957.