37. Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties?
Turkey
Source: Law on Political Parties, 1983 (amended 2018)
Source: Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers, 1961 (amended 2018)
While the Constitution guarantees gender equality, there are no legal obligations for the parties to nominate women candidates.
Source: OSCE/ODIHR (2015), Republic of Turkey, Early Parliamentary Elections, 1 November 2015, OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report, OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw
There is no legal provision which requires parties to encourage gender equality in party organization. However, the Republican People's Party requires that each provincial and township party branch shall allocate at least 10% of its annual budget to women and youth branches. Party central headquarter also allocates sufficient amount of money from its annual budget for its women and youth chairmanships.
Source: Republican People's Party Statute (2016), Article 41-a/5.
Source: Gençkaya, Ömer F (2015)Financing of Politics and Electoral Campaigns: Competition, Transparency and Accountability (in Turkish), Checks and Balances Network, Democracy Barometer Analysis Report 4.
Moreover, the RPP's party statute requires a gender quota of 33% in the nomination of parliamentary candidates who are determined by the party central executive committee, of local assembly candidates and of all party units.
Source: Article 61(a), Republican People's Party Statute, 2016
There is no legal provision which requires parties to encourage gender equality in party organization, however some parties have internal regulations (see "source" section).
There is no legal provisions, however almost all political parties implement a positive discrimination for nomination fee for women candidates at all elections.