Turkey considers holding elections early, which would allow president to run for office again under constitution

Turkey will likely hold elections scheduled for 2028 earlier than planned, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Such a move would allow Erdogan to bypass constitutional restrictions and run for office again, Reuters reports. [ . . . ] A 2017 referendum introduced a new presidential system, in which executive power is vested in the president. This system allowed Erdogan to be re-elected as president twice more, in 2018 and 2023. Although the new system introduced a two-term limit, the Constitution would allow him to run again if parliament calls early elections before the end of his final five-year term.
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