Candidature Of Civil Servants, Political Party Leaders And Members Of The Turkish Army

(Amended by Article 29 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010) Judges and prosecutors, members of high judicial bodies, lecturers in tertiary education institutions, the members of the Supreme Council for Higher Education and the Supreme Council for Radio and Television, civil servants employed in public agencies and institutions, and other government officials who are not defined as workers due to the nature of the function they perform, mayors, officers and non-commissioned officers who wish to run as candidates, the chairmen and members of the district and provincial boards of political parties who wish to run as candidates, members of the municipal council, members of the general provincial assembly, those persons who are members of the executive and audit boards of professional organizations, which have the nature of public agencies, labour unions, public banks and umbrella organizations of such organizations, as well as the enterprises or corporations founded by these, shall not be entitled to list their names as candidates nor can they be shown as candidates if they fail to submit their resignation within one month before the start of the general and intermediate election period and within seven days as of the declaration of re-elections if applicable .