nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230228-185307-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230228s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230228-185307-0 doi eng 342 23 Yalçın, Kubilay Author aut Elections Held in Response to Demand - Why Turkey's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections cannot and probably will not be postponed as a result of the earthquake disaster Yalçın, Kubilay Verfassungsblog 2023-02-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier After the disastrous earthquakes of 6 February, the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 18 June were treated like the elephant in the room. Although being evidently unconstitutional, given the government’s influence, the Supreme Board of Election could enforce a postponement of the elections. However, relatively free elections are what remain of Turkish democracy and what are keeping it alive. CC BY-SA 4.0 elections Turkey Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/elections-held-in-response-to-demand/ raw object