Turkey’s first Roma and Yazidi representatives to enter parliament…AKP official says Early election distant possibility BUT… #TurkeyElections

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Early election distant possibility, AKP to attempt to form coalition: Deputy PM

Calling an early election is distant possibility, but ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will attempt to form coalition, Deputy Prime Minister Numar Kurtulmuş said on June 8

Turkey election 2015: what changes would you like to see?

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Guardian readers

With the results of the Turkish election in, we’d like to hear what hopes you have for Turkey going forward

EU hails high turnout in Turkey’s election

The European Union has welcomed the high turnout in parliamentary elections that was held in EU-candidate Turkey on June 7, while also expressing readiness to make progress in relations between Brussels and Ankara.

AKP wins majority as HDP becomes official opposition – in overseas vote

Turkey’s ruling AKP could be forgiven for casting a rueful eye at the tallies for overseas voting in the country’s June 7 election after the governing party captured almost half of the total vote abroad, in contrast to its nine-point fall in the overall count.

HDP co-chair Demirtaş content with election results

Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said he and his party were pleased about the June 7 parliamentary election results

PM Davutoğlu: Nation’s Decision is the Truest

 Bianet :: English

PM Davutoğlu made a first statement while the election results are coming to an end, “Our nation’s decision is the truest one.”

HDP can only ‘shoot movie’ of Kurdish peace process, deputy PM says

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan said the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) can “only shoot the movie” of the Kurdish peace process, responding to reporters on June 8 a day after the general elections

Partial Turkish Election Results Show Governing Party’s Support Weakening

wsj.com – Emre Peker – Jun 7, 10:06 AM – ISTANBUL—Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party appeared to be heading toward its worst general-election result in a decade, with early results showing that the government may lose its single-party majority in parliament for the first

Turkey’s first Roma and Yazidi representatives to enter parliament

Turkey’s Roma and Yazidi populations will be represented in parliament for the first time, as main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Roma candidate Özcan Purçu and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Yazidi candidates Feleknas Uca and Ali Atalan all secured seats in the June 7 elections.

Turkey election results: what you need to know

 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Alberto Nardelli

For the first time since its creation, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AKP has failed to secure an overall majority. Here’s the background to this historic result

Since 2002, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AK party had always won a majority in every Turkish election. National elections, local votes, and in the more recent presidential one, Erdoğan always won comfortably. This year, however, the party lost its parliamentary majority and saw its share of the vote fall.

The world’s most unfair election system – really?

 AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Outside observers find it difficult to understand why AK Party keeps winning.

Gezi’s Legacy?: Biggest Party Humbled in Turkey’s Game-Changing General Election

 Global Voices Online by Global Voices

Kurds march in Berlin against violence in Turkey’s election campaign on June 6, 2015. Photo by Thorsten Strasas. Demotix ID: 7791816.

Turkey’s election campaign rallies in photos

Here is a selection of photos from the election rallies that Turkey’s leading political parties have been holding since April

Turkish election outcome is blow to Erdoğan and breakthrough for Kurds

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall

President’s behaviour during campaign was exceptionally boorish and he appears to have been punished for it at the polls

The mould-breaking outcome of Turkey’s general election on Sunday will be viewed as a personal rebuff for the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and as a historic political breakthrough for the country’s 18 million-strong Kurdish minority, which will be represented by a political party in parliament for the first time.

Turkey’s Kurdish movement: in search of ‘Real Islam’

open Democracy News Analysis – by Sanem Vaghefi

In order to gain popularity among Turkey’s Kurdish conservative Muslims, HDP is promoting a “Pro-Kurdish democratic Islam” rather than secularism.

 

Turkey set for polls amid debate on presidential system

 AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Ruling AK Party seeks two-third majority in parliament, aiming to replace parliamentary system with a presidential one.

What Turkish voters are saying ahead of Sunday’s poll

 AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Al Jazeera talked to voters across Turkey to guage reaction to the electoral campaigns for Sunday’s parliamentary poll.

Turkey election: ruling party loses majority as pro-Kurdish HDP gains seats

 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch in Istanbul and Ian Traynor

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development party wins 41% of vote – meaning it will need a coalition partner to form a government

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has suffered his biggest setback in 13 years of amassing power as voters denied his ruling party a parliamentary majority for the first time since 2002 and gave the country’s large Kurdish minority its biggest voice ever in national politics.

Highlights From Turkey’s General Elections

 Bianet :: English

53,765,231 voters have gone to polls for voting for 25th term deputies of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in general elections. Voters and returning officers have been caught on camera.

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