37. Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties?

Source: Article 41-a/5, Republican People's Party Statute, 2016.

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. The statutes of few political parties include the allocation of  certain share from the budget of party headquarter to gender and youth to widen democracy.

Source: Gençkaya, Ömer F., Gündüz, U.  and Cihangir-Tetik, D. (2016) Political Finance and Transparency. Association of Transparency International, İstanbul.

owever, 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 branches.
Source: Article 41-a/5, Republican People's Party Statute, 2016.

Pro-Kurdish HDP introduced co-chairmanship in party organizations and in municipalities. However, the Council of State (highest administrative court) approved the stay of execution of this provision in 2016.

All parties apply reduced nomination fee for female candidates in the elections.Several left-wing parties also use a gender quota system in nomination process, e.g. 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.