15. Is there a ban on state resources being given to or received by political parties or candidates (excluding regulated public funding)?

Source: Article 66, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers, 1961 (as amended in 1987, Law No. 298).

Source: Article 65, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers, 1961 (as amended in 1987, Law No. 298).

Source: Article 51§8, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers 1961 (Law No. 298).

Source: Article 51/A§1, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers 1961 (as amended in 2010, Law No. 298).

Source: Article 50§1, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers 1961 (Law No. 298).

Source: Gençkaya, Ömer F (2014) Cumhurbaşkanı Seçim Kampnayasının Finansmanı: Adiliyet, Şeffaflık ve Hesap Verebilirlik, Demokrasi Barometresi Analiz Raporu: 1, BirArada.Org, Denge ve Denetleme Ağı, İstanbul.

Although there are additional bans on using state resources by political parties and candidates listed below, there is no specific provision for the President in office. The bans listed by Law No. 298 shall be applicable to the President, in general.

Source: Gençkaya, Ömer F (2014) Cumhurbaşkanı Seçim Kampanyasının Finansmanı: Adiliyet, Şeffaflık ve Hesap Verebilirlik, Demokrasi Barometresi Analiz Raporu: 1, BirArada.Org, Denge ve Denetleme Ağı, İstanbul.

[...]Within the period from beginning date of the propaganda to the following date of elections, prime minister, ministers and members of parliament are not allowed to use their official vehicles with the purpose of electoral activities and visits within the framework of electoral visits inside the country. In their visits within the context of this purpose, welcoming and send-off ceremonies are not undertaken and official feasts are not arranged. [...]

Source: Article 65, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers, 1961 (as amended in 1987, Law No. 298).

Collective verbal propaganda is forbidden on public highways, in temples, in public service buildings and facilities [...]

Source: Article 50§1, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers 1961 (Law No. 298).

Indoor meetings cannot be held in temples, schools, military barracks, military headquarters, military units, buildings and facilities as well as in other places where public services are rendered.

Source: Article 51§8, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers 1961 (Law No. 298).

Buildings and facilities which belong to […] public interest associations provided for private income and private privileges, and foundations with state funding and tax exemption, public professional organizations and unions of producers, union of cooperatives, banks and trade unions cannot be used for the campaign purposes.

Source: Article 51/A§1, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers 1961 (as amended in 2010, Law No. 298).

[…] …no government officer shall be entitled to be made by the Prime Minister, Ministers and candidates for election propaganda tours.

Source: Article 66, Law on Basic Provisions of Elections and Voter Registers, 1961 (as amended in 1987, Law No. 298).