NEWS CENTER - An absolute majority could not be achieved in the 16th round of voting for the Presidency of the Supreme Court of Appeals.

 

No candidate could achieve an absolute majority in the 16th round of the presidential elections held due to the expiration of the 4-year term of office of the President of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Mehmet Akarca. Mehmet Akarca was elected as the President of the Supreme Court of Appeals on March 24, 2020, and his 4-year term expired on March 24.

 

In this context, members of the Supreme Court of Appeals went to the polls on March 25 to determine the new president of the Supreme Court, who will serve for 4 years.

 

After no candidate received at least 175 votes, which is the absolute majority of 348 Supreme Court members, in the first 15 rounds of the election, the 16th round of voting was held today.

 

As a result of the voting, Mehmet Akarca received 109 votes, Head of the 3rd Civil Chamber Omer Kerkez received 88 votes, and Head of the 3rd Criminal Chamber Muhsin Sentürk received 105 votes. While the participation in the election was recorded as 318, 4 blank votes were cast and 12 of the votes were deemed invalid.

 

Since the absolute majority could not be achieved, the election will continue tomorrow with the 17th round of voting.

 

An absolute majority of the total number of members must be present in the elections.