General elections are scheduled to be held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 to elect both the President and Grand National Assembly. Following the approval of constitutional changes in a referendum held in 2017, the elected President will be both the head of state and head of government of Turkey, taking over the latter role from the to-be-abolished office of the Prime Minister. The election was originally scheduled for November 2019, though after calls from Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahçeli for a snap election, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on 18 April 2018 that it would be brought forward.
All 600 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey will be up for election. 301 seats are needed for a majority.
The early election bill jointly prepared by Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will be discussed in the parliament and if accepted, it will be published in the official gazette.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday a plan to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, over a year before they had been scheduled, in November 2019.
The bill on holding early elections was submitted to the office of Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman on Wednesday.
The election proposal will be discussed in the parliament and if accepted, it will be published in the official gazette without being approved by the president.
On April 16, 2017, Turkey held a referendum on a constitutional reform in which the majority of voters pronounced themselves in favor of an 18-article bill switching a parliamentary system into a presidential one.
Under the constitutional reform, the number of lawmakers in the parliament will rise to 600 from 550, the presidential and the parliamentary elections will be held after every five years and the elected president will not be bound to cut ties with his or her party.
The political parties or alliance which received at least five percent of vote in last elections or 100,000 voters could nominate their candidate for the presidency.
A simple majority in the parliament will be needed to request the opening of an investigation against the president over the suspicion of a crime.
Vice presidents and ministers can be appointed and removed by the president.
'Head of state'
In the new system, the president will have executive power and the title of “head of stateâ€, representing Turkey, the unity of Turkish people and assuring the implementation of the constitution and the harmonious execution of state bodies.
The president is given the right to issue a presidential decree.
The establishment and shutting down of the ministries, their duties and authorities, as well as organizational structure will be subject to presidential decree.
The parliament can decide on re-election with three-fifth majority. If it calls for a re-election when the president is in his second term, he can seek another term.
Parliamentary and presidential elections will be held together when the president decides on renewing the elections.
In the new system, the parliament will not be authorized to use censure as a tool for gaining information and inspection.
In case that any presidential candidate fails to get absolute majority of votes, the second round of elections will be held on second Sunday, July 8.
The top two candidates will contest in the second round of the elections.
*As Turkey prepares for a historical election this weekend ,* we humbly appeal the entire Ummah to keep Turkey and President Erdogan in your Duas for a positive result which would be in the interest and welfare of the Muslim Ummah at large Insha-Allah.
Great sacrifices were made against the mainstream and the face of Turkey has changed in the last decade.
Whilst global forces of evil including the hypocrites unite to destroy Turkey and President Erdogan, the minimum we can do in this crucial time is to turn to Almighty Allah , and if possible, discharge some sadqa as well for a favourable outcome. This will be our contribution Insha-Allah.
*May Allah Taala accept and grant us victory... Ameen*
The Turkish local elections of 2019 were held on Sunday 31 March 2019 throughout the 81 provinces of Turkey. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,351 district municipal mayors, alongside 1,251 provincial and 20,500 municipal councillors were elected, in addition to numerous local non-partisan positions such as neighbourhood wardens (muhtars) and elderly people's councils.
Erdogan's party AKP has lost control of Turkey's capital city Ankara and also seem to have lost in Istanbul. However, they have performed well in rest of the country.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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