33. What criteria determine allocation for free or subsidized access to media for political parties?

Turkey

Turkey

Answer
Share of seats
Source

Law on Elections https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/mevzuat?MevzuatNo=298&MevzuatTur=1&MevzuatTertip=4

Comment

 The allocation for free access to media for political parties is based on the seat shares of the political parties. All political parties that are registered for election have 10 minutes in the first day of election campaign period and 10 minutes last day of the electoral campaign period. For political parties that have parliamentry groups has additional 10 minutes, incumbent party with higher number of seats have an additional 20 minutes and smaller governing party has additional 15 minutes of access to media. Main oppossition party (party in the oppossition with highest number of seats) has additional 10 minutes of meda access of electoral propaganda.

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