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Article 6
 

– Elections for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey shall be held once every five years.

The beginning date of the elections shall be July 3rd of the last meeting year of each elections period and votes shall be cast on the second Sunday of October.

In the event it is not possible to hold elections due to war, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey shall be entitled to postpone the elections for one year.

If the reason for the postponement persists, this procedure may be repeated in accordance with the procedure determined in the initial decision of postponement.