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A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 7 November 1982. The new constitution was approved by 91% of voters, with a 91% turnout.[1]
Background
In 1980 the Grand National Assembly was scheduled to elect a new President to replace Fahri Korutürk. However, the parties were unable to agree on a candidate, and on 12 September 1980, the Turkish Armed Forces led by Kenan Evren staged a coup d'état, dissolved the Grand National Assembly and started ruling the country through the National Security Council.
The NSC set up a Consultative Assembly and appointed all 160 members. Political parties were shut down, and those who had been members of parties were excluded from the Assembly.[2] It worked from 23 November 1981 and 17 July 1982 to draw up the new constitution,[3] which would replace the 1961 document. Evren claimed the 1961 constitution had liberties "luxurious" for Turkey.[4]
New constitution
One of the transitional provisions of the constitution named Evren as President until 1989.[5] The constitution also banned civil society organisations from political activity, whilst political parties were banned from working with civil society organisations, including trade unions.[2] The Army was given a majority in the National Security Council, which was also deemed to be superior to the cabinet.[2]
Results
| Choice | Votes | % | |
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| For | 17,215,559 | 91.37 | |
| Against | 1,626,431 | 8.63 | |
| Total | 18,841,990 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 18,841,990 | 99.77 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 43,498 | 0.23 | |
| Total votes | 18,885,488 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,690,914 | 91.27 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p254 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ a b c Ergun Özbudun (2012) Turkey’s Search for a New Constitution Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Insight Turkey, Vol 14, pp39-50
- ^ Turkey, 7 November 1982: Constitution Direct Democracy
- ^ Güçlü, Abbas (2003-09-25). "61 Anayasası Türkiye'ye büyük geldi". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ Gökçer Tahincioğlu, Türker Karapınar (2012-04-02). "Darbe İktidarı 32 yıl sonra sanık sandalyesinde". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-07-15.
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