MPs will be given a five-day period to apply for candidacy beginning from June 30.
The first two rounds of the vote for new parliament speaker will be held on August 4. Two thirds (367) of total number of MPs will be required in these rounds.
If the necessary number of votes cannot be reached in the first two rounds, the third and fourth rounds will be held on August 5. The absolute majority (276) of the total number of MPS will be required in the third round. If the absolute majority cannot be reached in the third round, two candidates who receive the highest number of votes, will attend the fourth round. The candidate, who wins the highest number of vote in the fourth round, will become the new speaker of the parliament.
Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan's two-year term-in office will end on August 9.
The chronological list of Turkish parliament speakers and their tenures is as follows:
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Apr 24, 1920 - Oct 29, 1923
Ali Fethi Okyar Nov 1, 1923 - Nov 22, 1924
Kazim Ozalp Nov 26, 1924 - Mar 1, 1935
Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda Mar 1, 1935 - Aug 5, 1946
Kazim Karabekir Aug 5, 1946 - Jan 26, 1948
Ali Fuat Cebesoy Jan 30, 1948 - Nov 1, 1948
Sukru Saracoglu Nov 1, 1948 - May 22, 1950
Refik Koraltan May 22, 1950 - May 27, 1960
Faruk Surmen Nov 1, 1961 - Oct 10, 1965
Ferruh Bozbeyli Oct 22, 1965 - Nov 1, 1970
Sabit Osman Avci Nov 26, 1970 - Oct 14, 1973
Kemal Guven Dec 18, 1973 - Jun 5, 1977
Cahit Karakas Nov 17, 1977 - Sep 12, 1980
Necmettin Karduman Dec 4, 1983 - Nov 29, 1987
Yildirim Akbulut Dec 24, 1987 - Nov 9, 1989
Ismet Kaya Erdem Nov 21, 1989 - Oct 20, 1991
Husamettin Cindoruk Nov 16, 1991 - Sep 1, 1993
Ismet Sezgin Oct 17, 1995 - Dec 24, 1995
Mustafa Kalemli Jan 18, 1996 - Sep 30, 1997
Hikmet Cetin Oct 16, 1997 - May 18, 1999
Yildirim Akbulut May 20, 1999 - Sep 30, 2000
Omer Izgi Oct 18, 2000 - Nov 3, 2002
Bulent Arinc Nov 19, 2002 - Jul 22, 2007
Koksal Toptan Aug 9, 2007 - Aug 9, 2009
