Abstract:

By the constitutional amendment passed in April 16th 2017, the way is cleared for the pass to Presidential System of Government which is a new ruling system for Turkey. After referendum, statements of some opposition parties about returning back to parliamentary system in case of winning the 2019 elections, it necessitated to inspect the support and public sense of Presidential System of Government in this call elections period. Accordingly, in it is actualised that a survey to 881 people who is qualified as a voter in 63 cities and districts all across Turkey and public sense and support of Presidential System of Government are evaluated. As the result of analyzing the data, it is determined that public sense of Presidential System of Government is strong but in case of not electing the right person, there is a concern about its turning an authoritarian polity. Alongside there is a public support for Presidential System of Government, it is also seen that at this stage it is not as enough as the level of 50% + 1 vote. It is determined that the support of woman and young population for Presidential System of Government is lower than man and older population's. According to findings; especially the percentage of floating voters or the voters who didn’t pass an opinion is as high as 20%. Hence the result is found that the future of both candidates for presidency elections and the Presidential System of Government itself is going to be determined by floating voters. Also it is possible to say that, in election process, social-economic improvements that will occur in both national and global scale will have an effect on the future of Presidential System of Government.

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