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The sentence also includes a ban from public positions, so if the courts decision is not overturned by appeals court, he can't legally run. With elections this
by hakanderyal 4y ago
The sentence also includes a ban from public positions, so if the courts decision is not overturned by appeals court, he can't legally run.
With elections this close, there is no telling what might happen. If the appeals takes a long time, he can run, be elected, then removed from presidency. Or he might run, but the appeals courts can finalize the decision after the cutoff for candidate applications. Or the appeals court might overturn, and things will go back to "normal".
We can only speculate till the courts makes its final decision.
- notlukesky 4y agoHe can run for President. The Presidential elections are apparently before the appeal and finalization of his court case. And he will never be jailed. Absurdly in Turkey you don’t go to jail if the sentence is below 3 years. So there is no actual jail sentence at all. And the politics ban ruling will not happen till after the elections. So he can run in the Presidential elections.
- hakanderyal 4y agoTechnically, yes. But the thread of the ban will have a great effect on the process. Also, appeals court technically can make it's decision before the election AFAIK.