A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 on 23 October 1982. The changes were approved by 91.4% of voters, with a 91.3% turnout.

Background

Before 1980 coup, the TBMM had the Turkish presidential elections to select the seventh president of the country that would replace Fahri Korutürk

Fahri Koruturk

Fahri Sabit Korutürk was a Turkish navy officer, diplomat and the sixth President of Turkey.-Biography:He was born in Istanbul, at Soğukçeşme Sokağı, a small street between Topkapı Palace and Hagia Sophia. He attended the navy cadet school in 1916, was graduated in 1923 and from the Naval Academy...

. It was not able to select the new president since the parties had not reached a consensus. During these years, the country was in a political crisis; right-wing and left-wing armed conflicts were taking place. On September 12, 1980, the Turkish Army led by Kenan Evren

Kenan Evren

Ahmet Kenan Evren was the seventh President of Turkey; a post he assumed by leading the 1980 military coup. He was also the last president to be born in the Ottoman Empire.- Biography :...

 dissolved the parliament and started ruling the country through the National Security Council

National Security Council (Turkey)

The National Security Council comprises the Chief of Staff, select members of the Council of Ministers, and the President of the Republic...

.

Referendum

In 1982, Turkish democracy was restored. Kenan Evren was elected as the seventh President of Republic of Turkey on 7 November with the 90% approval of the new constitution that was submitted to a referendum, replacing the older constitution which, according to him, had liberties "luxurious" for Turkey.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	17,215,559	91.4
Against	1,626,431	8.6
Invalid/blank votes	43,498
Total	18,885,488	100
Source: Nohlen et al.