Last Minute | When will the elections be? Remarkable message from Mehmet Uçum: It has become largely clear...

Stating that they, as the Legal Policies Board, discussed the new constitutional agenda with the Minister of Justice, Uçum said that work on the legal policy perspective, architecture, foundation and principles of the new constitution will continue. Noting that the need for a new constitution cannot be evaluated only on the expectations of politicians, Uçum stated that the demands and needs of the people should be taken as basis.

Reminding that the demand for a new constitution in Türkiye has been on the agenda for many years, Uçum stated that the need for a new and civilian constitution has been discussed since 1987. Stating that political parties also promised a new constitution in the previous elections, Uçum said that we have now entered a period in which concrete topics will be discussed.

Regarding the goal set by President Erdoğan on October 1, Uçum commented, "We can determine October 1, 2026 as the start date of the construction process of the new constitution." Underlining that the new constitution and constitutional amendment are different processes, Uçum stated that the current constitutional amendment procedures cannot be directly applied to the making of a new constitution.

Reminding that in the current system, 360 deputies' approval votes are needed for a constitutional amendment, and that the referendum can be optional in cases of 400 or more acceptance votes, Uçum stated that in the case of a new constitution, the approval of the people is mandatory.

TERROROR-FREE Türkiye MESSAGE

Making evaluations about the terrorism-free Türkiye process, Uçum said that the Parliament implemented an important legal regulation with the acceptance votes of 467 deputies before going into recess.

Uçum stated that the Monitoring and Evaluation Board was established within the scope of the law adopted on August 10 and started its work, and stated that the sub-commissions of the board were determined.

Noting that the process will proceed in line with the detection, confirmation and announcement stages stipulated in the law, Uçum stated that people within the scope of the law will be evaluated within the six-month application period.

Uçum stated that it is highly likely that the National Security Council (MGK) decision will be announced before the end of the year, and said that "the point where the things to be done will be implemented before the first half of 2027 is completed" can be reached.

He stated that the Monitoring and Evaluation Board will make detailed explanations in the later stages of the process.

ÖCALAN'S STATUS...

Answering questions about the situation of Abdullah Öcalan within the scope of the Terror-Free Türkiye process, Uçum said that Öcalan's convict status will not change and his execution period will not be suspended.