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JOURNAL OF YOUTH RESEARCHES
Edanur Duran**
Ömer Faruk Akbulut*
Examination of Opinions on
Reducing Young People’s
Election Age To 18
Copyright © 2017
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
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Journal of Youth Researches • November 2017 • 5(13) • 159-168
ISSN 2147-8473
Received
| 29 September 2017
Accepted
| 10 October 2017
A N A LY S I S / R E S E A R C H
E X T E N D E D A B S T R A C T
An Analysis on The Opinions About Lowering The Age of Candidacy
To 18
In Turkey, one of the youngest population in Europe, the debate about the age of candi-
dacy lasted from the past to the present day. The right to be elected at the age of 30, as
set out in the Constitution of 1924, continued in the constitutions of 1961 and 1982. With
the amendment of the law, it was reduced to 25 by Law No. 5551, which was initiated
by the AK Party in 2006. As of this date, the discussions on the age of candidacy have
not ended and finally the age of candidacy in the constitutional amendment package
prepared by the AK Party and the Nationalist Movement Party has been requested to
be lowered to the age of 18. This amendment was also accepted with the constitutional
amendment referendum of 16 April 2017.
*
Undergraduate Student, Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Department of
Counseling and Psychological Counseling, Kırşehir,
** Undergraduate Student, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and
Public Administration, Ankara,
