Support from AKP's Şahin for Erdoğan's 50+1 statement

Pointing out that different ratios are applied in many democratic countries around the world, Şahin used the following expressions:

"What has been experienced on the political scene since this regulation came into effect has revealed that this requirement has become a pressure element on the political institution and the national will, has damaged the natural course of politics, and has created a fragmented picture prone to instability.

The election of the candidate who receives the most votes will ensure that the election race is more competitive, organic, and free from pressures and artificiality, and in terms of its results, it will be healthier and in the interest of our country. Those who choose not politics and transparency, but non-politics and secret and dark bargains conducted behind closed doors, have turned the 'absolute majority/50+1' requirement into a Sword of Damocles hanging over the system and the political institution. For these reasons, it is inevitable that the issue be reviewed at the constitutional level."

The “absolute majority,” or in other words the “50+1” requirement sought for presidential elections, is not an indispensable element of the Presidential Government System.

Indeed, different ratios are applied in many democratic countries of the world.

Since the entry into force of this regulation…

— Fatih Şahin (@_fatihsahin) November 18, 2023

WHAT HAD ERDOĞAN SAID?