The next question to be assessed is whether the Turkish legal framework provides for a clear basis to conclude that the mayoral candidates were indeed ineligible. The SEC in its decision of 11 April 2019 refers to Article 76 of the Constitution, according to which, inter alia, persons who are banned from public service or have been convicted for specified crimes – including terrorism-related crimes – shall not be elected as a deputy (local elections are not mentioned in this Article). As far as ordinary legislation is concerned, Articles 9 and 31 of Law on Local Elections refers to Article 11 of Law on Parliamentary Elections which provides for ineligibility inter alia of “those who are sentenced for committing a felony for a year or more” and also of “those who are prohibited from public services”.