29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?
Turkey
Answer
- Share of votes in previous election
- Participation in election
- Registration as a political party
Source
Source: Annex Article 1§2 and 5, Law on Political Parties, 1983 (as amended in 2014, Law No. 2820).
Comment
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Political parties who have been granted the right to run in the last parliamentary elections by the Supreme Board of Elections and who have exceeded the general threshold specified in Article 33 of the Parliamentary Elections Law 2839.
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Political parties that receive more than 3% of the total number of valid votes during general parliamentary elections shall also be entitled to receive State aid.
Source: Annex Article 1§2 and 5, Law on Political Parties, 1983 (as amended in 2014, Law No. 2820).
