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By GÖKSEL BOZKURT
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) triumphed in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, whereas the Republican People’s Party (CHP) basing its campaign on secularism was disappointed. more »
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By Mustafa Akyol, Serdar Alyamaç
Last night Diyarbakır witnessed scenes of celebrations at both the headquarters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which swept the national vote and the Democratic Society Party (DTP), a festiveness that illustrates a sea change in Turkey’s cultural politics. more »
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The number of women deputies in Parliament almost doubled in comparison to the 2002 elections according to unofficial results. more »
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Turkey enters a new era after the yesterday’s general election as the Parliament will host three main parties alongside with the mainly pro-Kurdish group of 26 independent candidates. more »
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By GÖKSEL BOZKURT
One of the first tasks the new Parliament faces is electing Turkey’s next president. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) tried to elect Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül as president in April but failed to do so.
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By DUYGU GÜVENÇ
For the first time in 53 years a ruling party won an election victory with an increased number of votes in Turkey.
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One of the two prominent independent candidates from Istanbul, Baskın Oran, could not get enough votes to enter Parliament, while the other, Ufuk Uras, managed to get elected. more »
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By Serdar Alyamaç
Election results in İzmir left the citadel of social democrats shaken. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) won 35.47 more »
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The outcome of yesterday's general elections had a few surprises in store, one of which was in Ankara, considered a fortress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP). more »
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The forces of history hit Turkey with two fists in yesterday's general elections: First the landslide Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory and then scores of “independent” candidates who managed to get into Parliament. more »
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The outcome of yesterday's general elections had a few surprises in store, one of which was in Ankara, considered a fortress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP). more »
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The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) entered Parliament after five years but they don’t seem too happy with the results. more »
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Frustrated by the election results yesterday many social democrats protested against Deniz Baykal, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and asked him to resign. more »
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By ÜMİT ENGINSOY
The United States yesterday praised Turkey's general elections earlier in the day as a "great success." more »
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By Yusuf KANLI
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged to work for national unity, after his party won a majority of parliamentary seats in elections on Sunday. more »
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Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but potentially setting the stage for renewed tensions with the secular elite. more »
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Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) was poised for a decisive victory in legislative polls Sunday that would give it another five-year term, partial results showed. more »
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A Turkish prosecutor said Saturday he is investigating a former Kurdish lawmaker accused of advocating autonomy for Kurds, a news agency reported. more »
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Early general elections were held in Turkey yesterday to elect members to the 550-seat Parliament, which will form a new government. Around 42.5 million voters, defying the mid-summer heat, went to polling stations where 14 parties and 700 independent candidates are competing to secure a five-year term in Parliament. more »
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Turkey’s popular holiday resorts have emptied out as Turks have returned to their places of residence to cast their votes yesterday. more »
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International media outlets, reporting extensively on Turkey’s general elections, unequivocally said this was the most crucial elections the country faced in decades. more »
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By Yusuf KANLI
A majority of Turks opted to vote for stability and handed the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) a landslide election victory guaranteeing it a second five-year term in government, but more »
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By DAVID JUDSON
A long time ago, only it feels as if it was last week, there was another election now all but forgotten in this country. more »
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By Yusuf KANLI
The nation has made its verdict. Now, irrespective how they scored in the poll, all parties must leave campaign rhetoric behind and concentrate on how to handle the challenges ahead more »
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By Burak AKINCI
Eager to prove it has broken off with its Islamist roots, Turkey's ruling party has fielded prominent candidates with no known links to political Islam for general elections Sunday, but convincing secularists remains a tough task. more »
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By MEHMET ALİ BİRAND
It started slowly but gained speed in the last weeks. We should not be surprised by what we hear and see in the squares. A disgraceful society will have disgraceful politicians. more »
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The Republic of Turkey has functioned under a multi-party system since 1945 which has been interrupted by three military coups, the last in 1980. more »
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In 1999, Hüda Kaya and her two daughters were accused in court of "attempting to forcefully dissolve the Turkish Republic," a charge carrying a possible death sentence at the time. more »
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The Republic of Turkey has functioned under a multi-party system since 1945 which has been interrupted by three military coups, the last in 1980. more »
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By Paul de BENDERN
Muslim Turks often complain that their country is wrongly portrayed as veering towards an Islamic state just because some women want to wear headscarves more freely. more »
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By Emma Ross-Thomas
A bid to radically lift the number of women elected to Turkey's parliament, which has one of the lowest levels of female representation in the world, looks set to fail this Sunday. more »
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By Yusuf KANLI
ERTUĞRUL GÜNAY
A former secretary general of the CHP, Ertuğrul Günay said ideological lines in Turkey are blurred between the right and the left, that the CHP now has become the “new right” and the AKP now represents the social democrat ideology. He may become deputy prime minister in the new AKP cabinet.
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By GÜL DEMİR and NIKI GAMM
Uras: Right now the election agenda is being influenced by the possibility of military intervention in northern Iraq and by the various press conferences and statements made by the General Staff Uras: more »
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By KATHARINE KENDRICK
A segment of the foreign community in Turkey has gained Turkish citizenship and will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes for their new homeland. Others wish they could participate in this year's elections more »
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By Sıla Özçelik
Merrill Lynch's well known economist Mehmet Şimşek is warming up for politics in Gaziantep for the past 20 days. Gaziantep's streets are decorated with the most colorful promises in Turkish election history. more »
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By ONUR BURÇAK BELLİ
On a scorching day in Istanbul, the outgoing Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Istanbul candidate Lokman Ayva leaves his moderate house in Eyüp more »
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By ŞAFAK TİMUR
Some called him a renegade, some thought he found the right way in the end and returned home. He was elected as the youngest Republican People’s Party (CHP) more »
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Bağış has to be one of the busiest men in Turkish politics; he is an MP, a foreign affairs advisor, a person who values culture and practices what he preaches Born in Bingol, more »
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By Mustafa Akyol
Who wouldn’t prefer to pay just one Lira for gasoline instead of more than YTL two? Or which hazelnut producer wouldn’t prefer to sell his product at a state-subsidized rate of eight Liras per kilogram, more »
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By GÜL DEMİR and NIKI GAMM
Professor Baskın Oran may be a first time candidate but determined to defend the rights of those who have been ignored or alienated - the Kurds, the Alevis, the gypsies, the gays among others more »
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By DUYGU GÜVENÇ
Deniz Bölükbaşı, a veteran diplomat, is knocking on doors in Ankara in an attempt to garner votes for the July 22 elections to fulfill his father's wish more »
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No new perspectives: Seven paragraphs are dedicated to the struggle against terrorism in the 233-page election manifesto of the AKP. The other parties offer no other solutions beyond “eradicating terrorism.” The CHP, MHP and DP list the problems and solutions of the “Kurdish issue” without uttering its name. more »
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The priority is now northern Iraq, not the EU: This time, the main subject on the election manifestos of political parties is northern Iraq, not the EU accession process. The AKP, CHP, MHP and DP promise voters that they will prevent the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from using northern Iraq as a base for terrorism more »
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Promises for free: The CHP promises to pay YTL 300 to unemployed poor families, the MHP promises to pay YTL 200 to unemployed fathers. However, the AKP prefers to be more deliberate in its promises more »
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Single roof, equal retirement: The common promise of the AKP, CHP, MHP and DP is the single retirement system for workers, civil servants and artisans. more »
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Turkey, which is holding early legislative elections today, is a secular democracy that straddles Europe and Asia, located in a strategic zone between Europe, the Middle East and the Caucasus. more »
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Turkey's economy is the biggest selling point for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). more »
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By Bahar Atakan
Three rivaling parties, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Republican People’s Party (CHP), and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have come across a common denominator in their election manifesto: more »
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SECULARISM: Turkey's secular establishment, backed by the military and other state institutions, fears that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party seeks to undermine revered secularist principles. more »
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Plenty of promises, but no resources: As in many other fields, the AKP, CHP, MHP and DP are making similar promises on health care. more »
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In addition to independent candidates, 14 parties are vying for seats in Turkey's 550-member parliament in general elections on Sunday. more »
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