1987 Turkish constitutional referendum

1987 Turkish constitutional referendum
Should the 10 and 5-year political bans brought by the temporary 4th article of the 1982 constitution be lifted?
Results
	Results by province

A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 6 September 1987 to amend the "temporary article" 4 of the constitution, which had forbidden the leaders of banned parties (a total of 242 people) from taking part in politics for ten years. The governing party Motherland Party (ANAP) agreed to the referendum after a compromise with the opposition parties regarding constitutional changes. ANAP campaigned for No, while most opposition parties campaigned for Yes vote.^[1] The changes were narrowly approved by 50.2% of voters, with a 93% turnout.^[2]

Campaign

In the referendum, "yes" voters used the color blue, while "no" voters used the orange color as a symbol. Political parties close to banned leaders participated in the 'Blue Color Yes' (Turkish: Mavi Renkli Evet) campaign carried out by four banned leaders to lift the bans in the said referendum. True Path Party, Democratic Left Party, Nationalist Task Party, Welfare Party supported a "yes" vote. In addition, Social Democratic Populist Party, although not under the control of any banned leader, called for a 'Yes' vote for September 6, especially their leader Erdal İnönü organized country-wide rallies for this purpose.^[3]

Party positions

Choice	Party	Leader	Political orientation	Ref
For	Social Democratic Populist Party	Erdal İnönü	Center-left	^[3]
	Nationalist Task Party	Ali Koç	Far-right	^[3]
	True Path Party	Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Center-right	^[3]
	Democratic Left Party	Rahşan Ecevit	Center-left	^[3]
	Welfare Party	Ahmet Tekdal	Far-right	^[3]
Aganist	Motherland Party (Turkey)	Turgut Özal	Center-right	^[1]

Results


Choice	Votes	%
For	11,711,461	50.16
Against	11,636,395	49.84
Total	23,347,856	100.00

Valid votes	23,347,856	95.54
Invalid/blank votes	1,088,965	4.46
Total votes	24,436,821	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	26,095,630	93.64

References

^ ^a ^b Kalafat, Haluk (2 February 2017). "1987 Referandumu: Özal 75 Bin Oyla Kaybetti". Bianet. Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p254 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Çelebi, Onur (May 2021). "Siyasi Üslup Meselesi Bağlamında Renklerin Savaşı (6 Eylül 1987 Referandumu)". Tarihçi. 1 (2): 54–78.

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[:0-1] Kalafat, Haluk (2 February 2017). "1987 Referandumu: Özal 75 Bin Oyla Kaybetti". Bianet. Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[2] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p254 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

[:1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Çelebi, Onur (May 2021). "Siyasi Üslup Meselesi Bağlamında Renklerin Savaşı (6 Eylül 1987 Referandumu)". Tarihçi. 1 (2): 54–78.

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