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Presidential elections were held on 10 August 2014 in order to elect the 12th President of Turkey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Turkey sets Aug 10 for presidential election: source )〕 Incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected outright with a simple majority of the vote in the first round, making a scheduled run-off for 24 August unnecessary. The election took place under reforms resulting from the 2007 constitutional referendum, which introduced a direct national vote, rather than election by members of the parliament. Over 55 million people were eligible to vote, both within Turkey and abroad. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, leader of the AKP, first elected Prime Minister in 2002, won with 51.79% of the vote. Former Organisation of Islamic Cooperation General Secretary Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, who ran as the joint candidate of 13 opposition parties including the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), came second with 38.44%. The co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who received the backing of 8 left-wing parties, came third with 9.76%.〔http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/content/conn/YSKUCM/path/Contribution%20Folders/HaberDosya/2014CB-Gecici-416_d_Genel.pdf/〕 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took over as President from Abdullah Gül on 28 August, while Ahmet Davutoğlu, who was elected leader of the AKP, succeeded Erdoğan as Prime Minister on the same date. It has been speculated that Erdoğan will continue to pursue his political agenda as president while Davutoğlu takes a docile approach as Prime Minister, breaking away from the ceremonial and neutral functions of the Presidency and potentially pursuing constitutional changes to turn Turkey into a presidential or semi-presidential system.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Turkey's Davutoglu expected to be a docile prime minister _ with Erdogan calling the shots )〕〔http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2014/08/26/Davutoglu-Turkey-s-docile-prime-minister.html〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Turkey's Davutoglu expected to be a docile premier )〕〔http://www.ankarastrateji.org/yazar/prof-dr-mehmet-ozcan/agustos-sonrasi-baskanlik-mi-yari-baskanlik-mi/〕 The election was criticised by both the political opposition and international observers for alleged media bias in favour of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, corruption allegations, the inaccuracy of opinion polls and the misuse of official public resources during Erdoğan's campaign.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anket şirketleri manipülasyon mu yaptı?: source=Bugün )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: Rıza Sarraf'ın çömezleri bizi korkutamaz: source=Cihan Haber Ajansı )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Katil ve Hırsızdan Cumhurbaşkanı Olmaz" Pankartı: source=Haberciniz )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Times: TRT'den Erdoğan'a 204, rakiplerine 3 dakika: source=The Times )〕 While praising the authorities for safeguarding the right to assembly as well as the peaceful electoral conduct, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) voiced concerns over the unequal distribution of campaign resources and media intimidation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OSCE observers note biased media coverage in Turkish elections: source=OSCE )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OSCE alarmed over Turkish PM’s intimidation of female journalist: source=OSCE )〕 The historic 12-year low turnout of 74.13%, attributed to the fact that the election was held in summer while many citizens were on holiday, was seen by many politicians such as MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli as a significant factor in affecting the outcome.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seçimlere katılım oranı 12 yılın en düşük oranında kaldı (SEÇİM 2014): source=Bugün )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Köşk seçiminde sonucu, oy kullanmayan 13 milyon seçmen belirledi: source=T24 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Devlet Bahçeli'den çok sert açıklama: source=CNN Türk )〕 The election loss for the opposition CHP resulted in its leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu taking the decision to hold a party convention with a leadership election in response to growing dissatisfaction against his electoral performance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=İşte CHP Kurultayı'nın toplanacağı tarih: source=Gerçek Gündem )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CHP olağanüstü kurultaya gidiyor: source=CNN Türk )〕 ==Background== The Law on Presidential Elections accepted and put into effect on 20 January 2012 decided that presidential elections will be held in 2014 instead of 2012; within 60 days before the end of the seven-year term of incumbent President of Turkey Abdullah Gül, who will be the last indirectly elected President of Turkey. As Gül took office on 28 August 2007, the first possible day could be 29 June, but a date between 10 and 17 August is considered more reasonable. It was decided in the same law that former presidents Kenan Evren, Süleyman Demirel, Ahmet Necdet Sezer and incumbent Abdullah Gül could not be nominated for a second term, but this was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Turkey, allowing them to run for a second term. Also, the Prime Minister of Turkey could be nominated for the presidency without having to resign from his post. The presidential-election campaigns were declared to be held in an "American manner", where candidates could accept personal donations for their campaigns; however, one person could not donate more than 8,259 TL (approximately US$4,500) to a campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Turkish presidential election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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