Editing President of Turkey (section)

==Selection process==
===Eligibility===
[[wikisource:Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (2017)#Chapter Two: The Executive Power|Article 101, Section 1]] of the Constitution sets three qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as president, one must:
* be a [[Turkish nationality law|Turkish citizen]] who is eligible to be a [[member of parliament|deputy]];
* be at least 40 years old;
* have completed [[higher education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Turkey_2017.pdf?lang=en|title=Turkey's Constitution of 1982 with Amendments through 2017|website=Constitute Project|page=43|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>

If a presidential candidate is a member of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Grand National Assembly]], they must resign their seat due to separation of powers.

===Election===
{{Main|Turkish presidential elections}}
The principles regarding the election of the President are regulated in Article 101 of the Constitution and in the Presidential Election Law.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election 2023 |url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/2/1/537636_0.pdf |publisher=OSCE |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>

In the election to be held by universal suffrage, the candidate who receives the absolute majority of the valid votes is elected president. If this majority is not achieved in the first round, a [[Two-round system|runoff]] is held on the second Sunday following this vote. The two candidates who received the most votes in the first ballot participate in this voting and the candidate who receives the majority of the valid votes is elected president. 

If one of the presidential candidates who gains the right to run for the second round is unable to participate in the election for any reason, the second round shall be conducted by substituting the vacant candidacy in conformity with the ranking in the first round. If only one candidate remains for the second round, this ballot shall be then conducted as a referendum. A presidential candidate receives the majority of the valid votes shall be elected as president. If that candidate fails to receive the majority of the valid votes in the election, the presidential election will be scheduled to be renewed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral Systems |url=https://aceproject.org/electoral-advice/archive/questions/answers/CDCountry?set_language=en&topic=ES&country=TR |website=aceproject.org |access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>

Before the constitutional amendments approved in the [[2007 Turkish constitutional referendum|2007 referendum]], the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] would elect one of its members as the President.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/statics/hukuk.istanbul.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Constitutional-Changes-of-Turkey-in-2001-Saadet-Yuksel.pdf|title=Constitutional Changes of Turkey in 2001 under the Framework of the EU Adaptation Process|last=Yüksel|first=Saadet|author-link=Saadet Yüksel|publisher=[[Istanbul University]]|date=March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713192358/https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/statics/hukuk.istanbul.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Constitutional-Changes-of-Turkey-in-2001-Saadet-Yuksel.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref>

===Inauguration===
Before executing the powers of the office, a president is required to [[Recitation|recite]] the presidential [[Oath of Office]], found in [[wikisource:Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (2017)#Chapter Two: The Executive Power|Article 103, Section 1 of the Constitution]]. This is the only component in the inauguration ceremony mandated by the Constitution:

{{blockquote|In my capacity as President of the Republic, I swear upon my honour and integrity before the Great Turkish Nation and before history to safeguard the existence and independence of the state, the indivisible integrity of the country and the nation, and the absolute sovereignty of the nation, to abide by the Constitution, the rule of law, democracy, the principles and reforms of Atatürk, and the principles of the secular republic, not to deviate from the ideal according to which everyone is entitled to enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms under conditions of national peace and prosperity and in a spirit of national solidarity and justice, and do my utmost to preserve and exalt the glory and honour of the Republic of Turkey and perform without bias the functions that I have assumed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Fred |title=Turkey Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments |date=19 July 2015 |publisher=Lulu publisher |isbn=978-1-329-16404-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ac2KzQEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref>}}

The inauguration happens in the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]]. The oath is broadcast live on TBMM-TV regardless of it is a regular business day of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/turkish-lawmakers-take-oath-for-parliament-under-new-system-18744 |title=Turkish lawmakers take oath for parliament under new system |publisher=Trtworld.com |date=7 July 2018 |access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref>