The form of Ballots:
(13th Article of Law 4125, amended on 27 October 1995.)
The joint ballots of the political parties and the ballots of the independent candidates which will be used for the Parliamentary elections are prepared according to the following principles:
a) The Supreme Board of Elections provides the production of ballots with watermark of “The Republic of Turkey, Supreme Board of Elections” according to the first paragraph of the 14th article of Law 298 on Basic Provisions on Elections and Voter Registers.
b) "Political Parties" phrase is written at the top of each joint ballot. Then comes the row of the political party boxes, order of which is determined by drawing lots conducted by the Supreme Board of Elections in the presence of the representatives of the political parties. The logo of the concerned political party is put at the top of each box in the middle, abbreviation of the political party’s name, its full name, its leader’s name in bold characters, a space or a line, a blank circle with a diameter of 2 cm, a line, and the list of the candidates follow the logo. The list includes the names and the surnames of the definite candidates of the political party in accordance with their respective row numbers. (The last sentence is abolished with decree E. 1995/54, K. 1995/59 of Constitutional Court on 18 November 1995.)
(Annexed on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 17 of Law 7102) contains provisions regarding the placement of the alliances to the ballot papers. Political parties that are forming alliances should be added as alliance in the lots and they will be placed next to each other in the ballot paper. The order of political parties in the alliances shall be determined by drawing lots.
Above the columns of the allied political parties, there should be a rectangular shaped common part which includes the title of the alliance at the top of it. The shortest side of it should be two centimeters and the longest side should be covering all the width of the these parties’ columns and gaps between their columns. If no title is determined for the alliance, it should be only written “ALLIANCE”. If there is more than one alliance without title, they will be numbered according to the order of application. The entire column of the allied political parties, including the space between them, determined as the alliance area.
c) (Amended by Article 31 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010) : A 0.75 cm space which is defined with two lines is left between the columns of the political parties.
d) (Amended by Article 31 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010) The independent candidates shall be placed on the joint ballot directly following the column for political parties on the right hand side of the ballot on the same line, leaving a space of 0.75cm between the independent candidates and political parties and by separating these with a vertical thick line. If there is more than one independent candidate in an election district their place on the list is determined by drawing a lot amongst themselves. The name and the surname of the independent candidate is written at the beginning and in the middle of that line. A circle that has a diameter of two centimetres is printed after leaving a certain space or line, and all of them are underlined. A 0.75 centimetre space defined with two lines is left between the columns of independent candidates when they are more than one.
