How many votes are required for a constitutional amendment? Here is the Constitutional Amendment Quorum

Details regarding the amendment of the Constitution are explained in Article 175 of the law. In the same article, information about participation in elections and referendum is also shared. Well, what is the quorum for constitutional amendment?

HOW MANY VOTES IS REQUIRED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT?

According to the information in the article „Amendment of the Constitution, participation in elections and referendum“, „Amendment of the Constitution can be proposed in writing by at least one third of the total number of members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Proposals to amend the Constitution are discussed twice in the General Assembly. The adoption of the amendment proposal is possible with a secret vote of three-fifths of the total number of members of the Assembly.”

In other words, in the Assembly with 600 deputies. 200, which is at least one-third of the total number of members of the amendment proposal. It can be proposed in writing by the deputy. However, this change three-fifths majority, ie 360, for the acceptance of the proposal. The attorney must approve.

According to the information in the continuation of the relevant article, “The discussion and acceptance of proposals for the amendment of the Constitution are subject to the provisions on the discussion and adoption of laws, except for the records in this article.

The President of the Republic may send back the laws regarding the constitutional amendments to the Turkish Grand National Assembly for further discussion. If the Parliament accepts the returned Law with two-thirds majority of the total number of members, the President may submit this Law to the referendum.

The Law on the Constitutional Amendment, approved by the Assembly with three-fifths or less than two-thirds of the total number of members, is published in the Official Gazette to be submitted to the referendum, unless it is returned to the Assembly by the President.

The law on the constitutional amendment or the articles deemed necessary may be submitted to the referendum by the President, directly or upon the return of the President, with the two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the Assembly. The Law or related articles regarding the constitutional amendment not submitted to the referendum shall be published in the Official Gazette.

In order for the laws regarding the constitutional amendments submitted to the referendum to take effect, more than half of the valid votes cast in the referendum must be affirmative.

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey also decides which of the amended provisions of the Constitution will be voted together and which will be voted separately, if this law is submitted to a referendum during the adoption of the laws pertaining to the constitutional amendments.

All necessary measures, including fines, shall be taken by law to ensure participation in the referendum, general and by-elections and local general elections.