Turkey's Erdogan to Run Again in Early 2028 Vote, Top Adviser Says
Top adviser Mehmet Ucum said 360 lawmakers could trigger a new election on April 16, 2028, opening the way for Erdogan to seek another term.
- On Thursday, Mehmet Ucum, a senior adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said an early election on April 16, 2028, would allow Erdogan to seek another term if 360 lawmakers back the move.
- Under the Turkish constitution, parliament can trigger early elections with 360 votes, but Erdogan's AKP and MHP coalition controls 326 seats, falling at least 30 short of the required threshold.
- AKP spokesman Omer Celik dismissed the speculation on Thursday, stating, "It was not a signal of an early election. There is no election on our agenda." The government has previously insisted elections proceed as scheduled.
- Since the March 2025 jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, opposition leader Ozgur Ozel has repeatedly called for early elections and launched the Yeni Parti, drawing enough MPs to become the main opposition force.
- Erdogan has held power for more than two decades, while recent years saw more than 1.5 million websites blocked in 2025 as part of an intensifying digital crackdown, shaping the stakes of the potential 2028 timeline.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to run for president again, according to Turkish media citing a high-ranking advisor to Erdogan.
New data has been added to the discussion about the next presidential elections in Turkey by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's legal advisor, who mentioned April 16, 2028 as a possible date for them. Mehmet Ucsum, an advisor to the Turkish president, also stated that Erdogan will be a candidate "for the last time", bringing back to the fore the issue of the constitutional possibility of another presidential candidacy. Speaking to the Turkish Press Federati…
A prominent adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed that he would be holding the next presidential election if it was submitted one month earlier in 2028, but that the deadline would require the approval of the majority in Parliament.
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo of September 1, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will be competing for the early elections in April 2028, which will allow him to bypass the constitutional limit of mandates, said one of his advisors to the press on Thursday (17). ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 at WhatsApp Elected President for the first time in 2014, E…
Countering his promises of 2023, the Turkish President intends to represent himself for a fourth term, said Thursday Mehmet Uçum, one of his chief advisers.
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