2007 Turkish constitutional referendum

2007 Turkish constitutional referendum

21 October 2007
Constitutional reforms, including: electing the president by popular vote instead of by parliament; reducing the presidential term from seven years to five; allowing the president to stand for re-election for a second term; reducing the parliamentary term from five years to four; reducing the quorum of lawmakers needed for parliamentary decisions from 67% to 34%.
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 19,422,714 68.95% No 8,744,947 31.05% Valid votes 28,167,661 97.74% Invalid or blank votes 651,435 2.26% Total votes 28,819,096 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 42,690,252 67.51%
Results by province
Source: Turkish Supreme Election Board (YSK) [1]

Constitutional history of Turkey
First Ottoman Parliament at the Old Darülfünun building
Constitutional documents
Charter of Alliance Edict of Gülhane Edict of 1856
Constitutions
1876 First Constitutional Era Second Constitutional Era 1921 1924 1961 1982
Referendums
1961 1982 1987 1988 2007 2010 2017
Constitutional Court

A constitutional referendum on electoral reform was held in Turkey on 21 October 2007.^[2] After the aborted attempt to elect the next president in May 2007, the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced substantial electoral reforms in parliament which were then passed with the votes of Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party and the opposition Motherland Party.