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Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
The discriminatory candidate eligibility requirements on education and fulfilment of military service should be reviewed in line with international obligations. The conditions for withdrawal and restitution of candidacy rights of convicts should be proportional to the crime committed.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Party and Candidate Registration
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
The procedure for collecting supporting signatures should not be overly burdensome and act as a barrier to candidacy. Consideration should be given to lowering the threshold for returning the electoral deposit to parliamentary independent candidates who receive a certain number of votes.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Party and Candidate Registration
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
To ensure conditions for an equitable campaign environment, consideration could be given to amend the law and to provide that all campaign prohibitions, including on misuse of administrative resources, apply from the calling of the elections. Further, the law should ensure that the campaign rules apply equally to the incumbent president and do not offer any undue advantages in the campaign.
Recommendation # in final report:
21
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Campaign
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
An expenditure ceiling could be introduced to provide contestants with an equality of opportunity.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
To enhance the effectiveness of the oversight consideration could be given to mandate a single authority to conduct audits and publish its conclusions. To enhance transparency, contestants’ campaign finance reports, including of affiliated third parties, could be submitted prior to election day and published in a timely manner. In addition, effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for breach of campaign finance regulations could be introduced.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
The public broadcaster should adhere to the legal requirements and ensure equitable, fair and impartial campaign coverage, including on news and paid advertisement.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Media
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
To enhance transparency of campaign coverage in the media, the Radio and Television Supreme Council’s media monitoring results should be made public at regular intervals and in a timely manner. The legal powers to sanction private media for violations of campaign provisions should be returned to the SBE.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Media
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
To provide for effective means of redress of election disputes, the legal framework should be amended to provide for an independent judicial body to review SBE decisions. Moreover, the Constitutional Court should have jurisdiction in cases against the SBE concerning alleged violations of constitutionally-protected rights.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
To increase the efficacy of the dispute resolution process, the SBE and lower-level boards should increase efforts to substantively consider all complaints and appeals and to provide reasoned decisions in line with the legislation.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Türkiye
2018
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
and Presidential
elections
As previously recommended, the election law should be amended to allow for international and citizen observation, in line with paragraph 8 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document. Observers should be granted access to all phases of the electoral process, including voting, counting, and tabulation. Adequate regulations for the accreditation of observers should be introduced.
Recommendation # in final report:
28
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Citizens and International Observers
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