(1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979) The tasks and the authorities of the Supreme Board of Elections cover the following:
1. (1st Article of Law 3420, amended on 31 March 1988) Providing the production of all envelopes with watermark of “The Republic of Turkey, Supreme Board of Elections” for the insertion of the ballots, if necessary in different colours and dimensions from those either sold in the market or produced/outsourced or preserved by the State Supply Office. Providing every stage of this task regarding the volume, duration and nature of the production beginning from the pulp paper production until the delivery of the paper to be used, with the continuous supervision and inspection of a member or members appointed by the Chairman of the Board, or of the chairman of the District Electoral Board, or of judges those are either chairmen or members of the Provincial Electoral Board authorized by SBE. Dispatching these envelopes to the Provincial Electoral Boards according to the number of envelopes they require, obtaining a receipt paper in exchange.

2. Concerning the exclusive envelopes, providing the production of moulds for the watermark of “The Republic of Turkey, Supreme Board of Elections” and moulds for the envelopes of a certain dimension, and preserving the moulds after producing envelopes and papers in the necessary amount,
Having the joint ballots printed with the watermark of “The Republic of Turkey, Supreme Board of Elections” in a way that allows the voter to fold and glue one side of the ballot into an envelope, every 400 or every pack of 400 of which has the same number to be dispatched to each ballot box for all District Electoral Boards on time.
(Last paragraph repealed: 15th Article of Law 5749 on March 13, 2008)

3. Providing the designation and print issues of the forms, documents, lists and all sorts of printed material required for the procedures mentioned in this law, dispatching them to the Provincial and District Electoral Boards according to their needs on time.

4. (1st Article of Law 3420, amended 31 March 1988) Determining and announcing the names of the political parties which have already performed their first congress according to their regulations and constituted their organisations in at least half of the provinces and districts at least six months prior to the elections, within the second week of months left for re-appointing the District Electoral Boards.

5. Providing the formation of Provincial and District Electoral Boards, taking the final decisions on any objection concerning the formation, procedures and decisions of Provincial Electoral Boards, as fast as the objection requires and well before the election.

6. Taking the final resolutions for the objections concerning the candidature according to this law, as well as to their exclusive laws,

7. Immediately investigating and taking the final resolutions for the objections on the decisions of the Provincial Electoral Boards, concerning the procedures of the election day,

8. Scrutinizing and taking final decisions concerning the objections against the protocols issued by the Provincial Electoral Boards,

9. Examining and taking final decisions on objections which may affect the result of the election before the predetermined deadline after the elections, and may result with the cancellation of the protocol of one or a few of elected members or the election of that district; regardless of the objection’s compliance to the time restraints or to the necessary hierarchal path of objection beginning from the sub-committees.

10. Immediately responding to inquiries of the Provincial Electoral Boards concerning the implementation of the election procedures and taking measures in order to carry out the elections evenly nationwide, and issuing the necessary circulars on time regarding this issue.

11. (1st Article of Law 3420, amended on 31 March 1988) The political parties have to have established their organizational bodies in at least half of the cities and convened for their grand congress prior to the election day, or they should already have a group in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in order to run for the general and bye-elections of parliamentarians, or for the general and bye-elections of mayors, municipal council and provincial general council.

Having an organizational body in a certain province means being organized in at least one third of the total districts of that province, including its central district. Regarding these principles, The Supreme Board of Elections is assigned for determining the political parties those are eligible to run for the elections, as well as announcing them within ten days prior to the initiation of the election or within five days after the resolution of re-election in case of a re-election.

12. (Annex: 1st Article of Law 2234, on 17 May 1979) Identifying the principles on the establishment, operations and other missions of Voter Registers General Directorate, issuing and monitoring regulations, providing their operational agenda.

13. (Annex: 2nd Article of Law 5749 on 13 March 2008) Constituting the Foreign Country Resident Voters District Electoral Board and making the arrangements for citizens who are abroad to cast their votes. ⁽²⁾
14. When deemed necessary, by consulting the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to assign someone among the Ministerial officials working under the title of department head at minimum, in order to perform the duties granted by the Overseas District Election Council with regards to overseas election transactions and procedures throughout the election process. (1st Article of Law 6304, amended on 18 May 2012)

15. (Annex : 2nd Article of Law 7102 on 13/03/2018) Determining the number of voters for the polling station zones according to the type of the election.

16. (Annex : 2nd Article of Law 7102 on 13/03/2018) To decide on moving the polls to the nearest election constituency, merging the polling station zones, merging the constituencies except for the elections of muhtarlık and arranging the voters list as a mixed form and to decide on announcing all the above mentioned matters if it is deemed necessary in terms of the election security, if the governor or president of the provincial election board submits a request at the very latest one month before the voting day.

17. (Annex : 2nd Article of Law 7102 on 13/03/2018) Determining the procedures and the principles regarding the establishment of a mobile balloting committee, voting, merging with the count and documentation procedures in order to ensure the participation of the voters who are confined to bed due to their illness or disability except for the elections of muhtarlık.

18. ¹Implementing other tasks assigned for SBE by the law.(1) (2)

1 (The number of the paragraph has been changed (from 15 to 18) in accordance with article 2 of Law 7102)