Announcement and advertisement places

(Change: 8/4/2010-5980/8 art.)

Political parties and candidates are allowed to hang or stick materials such as posters, banners or similar materials in their electoral bureaus during the period beginning with the electoral period and end of propaganda time. Political  parties are allowed to hang such materials any time in their province, district or village buildings. 

Political parties are free to use banners, posters or similar materials in their open or closed area meetings as well as their vehicles during the period beginning with the electoral period and end of propaganda time. 

On the days of meetings, such materials are free to be used around the destinations of meeting area until the end of such meeting.  

Apart from the places mentioned above, announcement and advertisement materials are hanged or sticked to places only defined principles and methods defined by District Election Boards.

 Political parties and candidates that will attend to elections, may equally use the fixed advertisement places determined by District Election Boards in return of their prices to hang or stick the posters, banners, party flags or any other electoral materials to introduce themselves with the condition of equal price and equal place. No fees are charged for the places which are allocated free of charge to volunteers. These places are distributed equally among the political parties and candidates. 

For fixed advertisement and promotion places that are established by private institutions under the permission of municipalities, for to be used with purpose of advertisement by these individuals and institutions for political propaganda purposes, upon the request applied to District Election Boards, district election boards determines the allocation of such places. 

District Election Board determines the commercial purposed fixed advertisement places within the borders of such district until the fortieth day prior to election day and notifies this to political parties and candidates. Political parties and independent candidates inform District Election Board in written form within three days about the places they intend to use and for how long they intend to use.

District Election Board allocates such places among the applied political parties and independent candidates.

In case political parties and independent candidates apply for the same places, District Election Board invites the related parties and ask them to notify their final preferences in written form. In case related political parties and independent candidates are unable to reach to consensus, such advertisement places are allocated in return of equal charge by drawing lots. Drawing lot transaction is undertaken separately for each advertisement place by dividing the propaganda period to the number of volunteers.  

Provincial Election Boards are also authorized for allocation of fixed announcement and advertisement places on sides of roads out of cities. But Provincial Election Board may transfer this authority to District Election Board. 

After drawing lots, political parties and independent candidates notify in written form that they will not use the advertisement places allocated for them, those places may be allocated for political parties and independent candidates upon their request. 

Except from the places prohibited in this Law, visual propaganda can be undertaken in digital advertisement panels which are eligible for advertisement. But voiced propaganda can not be undertaken with these means. After determination of election boards on which conditions political propaganda can be executed, duration and principles of propaganda will be determined according to the methods defined in articles above, they will be allocated to political parties and candidates.  3646-2

Beginning with 30 days before the day of elections until the end of propaganda period, citizens are allowed to hang or stick flags, banners, posters and other promotion materials to their residences, vehicles or working places. These announcements and advertisements are free of all kinds of taxes and charges. 

Announcement and advertisement materials defined in this article are not allowed to be hanged or exposed in any condition after the end of electoral propaganda period.   Supreme Election Council determines methods and principles related with implementation of this Article.