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Erdoğan's third presidential candidacy in 2023

Tracks the constitutional and election-law debate around the Supreme Election Council's acceptance of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's candidacy again in the 2023 presidential election after the 2014 and 2018 presidential elections, and its rejection of third-candidacy objections.

Election lawRight to stand for electionConstitutional adjudicationDemocracy in Turkey
69 legal opinions + 2 bar statementsLast updated: Jun 18, 2026

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Was YSK's acceptance of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's renewed candidacy in the 2023 presidential election, and its rejection of third-candidacy objections, lawful?

Unlawful
57 legal opinions + 2 bar associations
85.0%
Lawful
12 legal opinions
15.0%

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  1. Aug 10, 2014
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  2. Jun 24, 2018
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  3. Mar 10, 2023
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  4. Mar 27, 2023
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  5. Mar 30, 2023
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