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Turkey's 16th general election was held on July 22, 2007,^[1] and resulted in a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party.^[2] The election was fought mostly on Turkey's debate over secularism and the controversial presidential election held earlier in 2007. This election is expected to set the course of Turkish internal politics well into the next decade.^[3] Politics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Presidential flag of Turkey. ... There have been ten Presidents of the Republic of Turkey since its inception. ... Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born September 13, 1941 in Afyonkarahisar) is the tenth and current President of the Republic of Turkey. ... This is a chronological list of every government formed by the Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey. ... 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Recent developments in Iraq (explained under positions on terrorism and security), secular and religious concerns, the intervention of the military in political issues, relations with EU, the United States, and the Muslim world were the main issues. The outcome of this election, which brought the Turkish and Kurdish ethnic/nationalist parties (MHP and DTP) into the parliament, will affect Turkey's bid for European Union membership, as Turkish perceptions of the current process (or lack thereof) affected the results and will continue to affect policymaking in coming years. Map illustrating the partys performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... DTP Symbol Map illustrating independents performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Controversy

Early election: The election was originally planned to follow the 2007 presidential election, scheduled for early May. However, the general election was held before a new President was appointed.^{[citation needed]} The 11th President of Turkey will be elected by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in late April and early May 2007 onwards (in at most four rounds of voting to be held on 27 April 2007, 2 May 2007, 9 May 2007 and 15 May 2007[1]), before Ahmet Necdet... Presidential flag of Turkey. ...

Minimum age: According to a recent change in election law, the minimum age for candidates for parliament was reduced from 30 to 25. But due to the fact that laws do not take effect for one year after passage, only candidates above the age of 30 can be elected in this election.

Death threat: On 14 May A death threat was issued by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to the Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), True Path Party (DYP) and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to withdraw their candidates in the cities of Van and Hakkâri allowing Democratic Society Party (DTP) dominance.^[4] May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: or PKK, Turkish: , also called KADEK , Kongra-Gel and KCK) is a militant separatist group founded in the 1970s and led, until his capture in 1999, by Abdullah Öcalan. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ... Map illustrating the partys performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... The True Path Party (Turkish: Dogru Yol Partisi or DYP) is a right-wing, secularist conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983. ... The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: or AK Parti, or AKP[1]) describes itself as a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party. ... Van (Armenian ) is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. ... Hakkâri (Çölemerik, Kurdish: Colemêrg) is a city in the far southeast of Turkey. ... DTP Symbol Map illustrating independents performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ...

With the exception of DTP all candidates in Van and Hakkari from CHP, MHP, DYP and AKP must annul[sic] themselves and offer their support to Kurdish people. Our people must demonstrate their kurdishness in the elections. If any different approach develops, our approach will also be different. [...] Whoever continues the activities we mentioned here will be punished. Who ever damages our movement or our party [DTP] will not be forgiven in any way. They should know that they are facing death ^[5]

Threshold requirement: According to Turkish election laws, a party must gain at least 10% of national vote to be represented in the Grand Assembly. This law is aimed at preventing a highly fragmented parliament. Many parties that failed to cross this threshold in the last election will seek a return to Parliament. As the 10% threshold requirement only holds for political parties, to bypass this requirement, the Democratic Society Party decided to have its candidates run as Independents. On 13 May DTP announced that if they wanted to, they could lock up the elections by putting in five to ten thousand independent candidates.^[6] The next day in a statement, the High Election Committee (Turkish: Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (YSK)) responded to DTP's threat by stating that there is no issue and that they would simply use "larger envelopes".^[7] The Grand National Assembly (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi in Turkish) is the unicameral parliament of Turkey which carries out legislative functions. ... In party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to get any seats in the parliament. ... Turkeys 15th general election was held two years early on Sunday 3 November 2002, following the collapse of the DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition led by Bülent Ecevit. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... DTP Symbol Map illustrating independents performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Election eligibility: "Supreme Election Board" head Muammer Aydin claims that after the scrutiny of the candidates in terms of their eligibility, the election board decided that Erbakan and former DEP (Democratic Society Party) parliamentarians (Orhan Doğan, Selim Sadak and Hatip Dicle), who was jailed after being found guilty of supporting the PKK, (a militant group recognized as a terrorist organization by a number of states and organizations, including the USA, NATO, and the EU).^[8], would not be allowed to stand as candidates in the election. In a statement regarding some of the candidates in prison, DTP leader Türk said that hundreds of people support them, even though some are associated with murder cases. The Supreme Court of Appeals wrote a letter to DTP and demanded the cancellation of the candidacy of 74 founding members on the basis that they have criminal backgrounds which automatically disqualifies them from being the elected. DTP leader Türk said, "DPT took the decision to show these people as candidates because [the] Kurdish people see Ankara, the Parliament, as the place for a solution." DPT's move to promote candidates with criminal background was perceived as building a "politics of controversy" in the country as Türk also stated that they had taken the necessary measures to fill the positions of candidates who might be rejected by the Supreme Election Board. Necmettin Erbakan (born October 29, 1926) is a Turkish engineer, academician, politician, political party leader and prime minister of Turkey between 1996 and 1997. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Kurdistan Workers Party (aka PKK) is listed by the following states as a terrorist organization: United States Turkey European Union Iran Syria several other countries, Its actions has been criticised by human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ...

Issues

The stage of the elections were set for a fight for legitimacy in the eyes of voters between Erdoğan's government, which has been criticized as having Islamic leanings, and the country’s secular movement, supported by the Turkish military. Erdoğan, it is said, wants to divert the attention of the voters from local issues to theoretical and ideological ones by making the election a platform for the Presidential election. Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (born February 26, 1954), became the Prime Minister of Turkey on March 14, 2003. ... Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (born February 26, 1954), became the Prime Minister of Turkey on March 14, 2003. ...

Positions on higher education

The capacity of Turkish higher educational institutions falls short compared to the number of high school graduates. The Higher Education Council is responsible from the planning, implementation and accreditation of higher education in Turkey. The Higher Education Council limits the number of the available educational institutions based on the available educators (PhD) in the public sector. The second branch, private universities (established by vakifs) are limited by the conditions of accreditation set by the Higher Education Council. A waqf (Arabic: وقف) is a religious endowment in Islam, typically devoting a building or plot of land for Muslim religious purposes. ...

Erdoğan announced that the problem lies with the "Higher Education Council". Erdoğan proposed that if his party is elected, they will change the constitution to solve this issue.^[9] Erdoğan did not give the details or the financial implications of his plan. During the same speech, Erdoğan also proposed to establish a higher educational institution in every province. Critics claim that there is at least one university in every province, and the problem is not construction of buildings but recruiting qualified professors. Erdoğan did not talk about his previous campaign issues, such as the use of the hijab (specially women's head covering) as a religious symbol in higher education which he had previously promoted based on the concept of Islamic jurisprudence. Illustration of an Islamic headscarf “Higab” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Positions on Presidency

The 2007 presidential election was deadlocked in the failed negotiations on the issues surrounding the new president by the parties. The lack of this negotiation forced the Prime Minister Erdoğan and his party to declare early elections to establish a new parliament to tackle the issues of the Presidency. The 11th President of Turkey will be elected by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in late April and early May 2007 onwards (in at most four rounds of voting to be held on 27 April 2007, 2 May 2007, 9 May 2007 and 15 May 2007[1]), before Ahmet Necdet...

Erdoğan claims that the position of President is political and it should be elected by the public not by the parties. "How can those who see the election of the Turkish president by popular vote as a problem for the regime ask votes from the people?" asked Erdoğan^[10].

The Republican People’s Party accused Erdoğan of acting with "a sense of vengeance" for having failed first to secure his, then his chosen candidate, Gul's election. Now, at the expense of creating a "degenerated parliamentary system", he is trying to secure a new path to his goal.^[11] Baykal said it would mount a legal challenge to this ideology. Baykal claims that the position of president in Turkey is non-partisan, and should be above political concerns and is designed to play an oversight role. The President's job description and powers demand that the policies articulated from this office should reflect a balance within the country, and be an institution which all the parties can trust. Because of this balancing act, according to Baykal, it is very important to create [he says "protect"] the neutral point [through reaching an agreement at the parliament among the parties] as to the President, thus preventing domination of a single party [which might generate PM and President at the same time] and control every mechanism of the Turkish political system.

Foreign policy

Position of parties regarding Foreign issues.

Positions on terrorism and security

The PKK is a militant group listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the USA, NATO, and the EU.^[8] However, after the post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present PKK continued to have training/propaganda camps in northern Iraq and perform attacks using these secure locations into Turkey. The status of these bases have been debated in the Turkish political system for the last two decades. During 1990s, with the political order, Turkish military destroyed PKK bases in northern-Iraq for the short term reliefs. Terrorist redirects here. ... Kurdistan Workers Party (aka PKK) is listed by the following states as a terrorist organization: United States Turkey European Union Iran Syria several other countries, Its actions has been criticised by human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ... Occupation zones in Iraq as of September 2003 The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthrew the Baath Party government of Saddam Hussein. ...

Nationalist Movement Party wants the military to destroy PKK camps, and it is willing to give this order to the army anytime as camps reestablish. Erdoğan did not gave this order and claimed that he is expecting the request from the military. The military claims the political goal of the military activity should be established by the Erdoğan's ruling party, before any consideration. The Democratic Society Party is against the destruction of these camps, and Ibrahim Aydogdu, the Diyarbakir branch leader of the DTP, claimed on February 18 2007 "Any attack on Kirkuk [northern Iraq] would be tantamount to an attack on Diyarbakir in Turkey". Map illustrating the partys performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... DTP Symbol Map illustrating independents performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ...

Campaign

Parties

Fourteen parties contested the election:

• Bright Turkey Party (Aydınlık Türkiye Partisi, ATP)
• Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, TKP)
• Democratic Party (Demokrat Parti, DP)
• Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi, SP)
• Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi, ÖDP)
• Independent Turkey Party (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, BTP)
• Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP)
• Labour Party (Emek Partisi, EP)
• Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Demokrat Parti, LDP)
• Nationalist Movement Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP)
• People's Ascent Party (Halkın Yükselişi Partisi, HYP)
• Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP)
• Workers' Party (İşçi Partisi, İP)
• Young Party (Genç Parti, GP)

Additionally, members of the Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP) stood as independents in mainly Kurdish-inhabited districts; over 600 independents contested the election in total. TKP demonstrators at the EU summit in Thessaloniki 2003 This article is about the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) formed in 2001. ... This article is about the current Democratic Party in Turkey. ... The Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi) is a Islamist political party in Turkey. ... This article is about the political party, for the web directory abbreviated ODP see Open Directory Project. ... The Independent Turkey Party (Turkish: Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi, abbreviated BTP) is a nationalist and Islamic political party founded in 25 September 2001 by Prof Dr. Haydar Baş. The party flag is red with a white crescent surrounded with a ring of white stars. ... The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: or AK Parti, or AKP[1]) describes itself as a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party. ... EMEP symbol Labour Party (in Turkish: Emek Partisi, EMEP) is a political party in Turkey. ... The Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Demokrat Parti) is a liberal party in Turkey. ... Map illustrating the partys performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ... The Workers Party (Turkey) is one of the biggest left partys of turkey. ... Genç Parti The Young Party (Turkish: Genç Parti) is a nationalist, secular, protectionist political party in Turkey. ... DTP Symbol Map illustrating independents performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ...

Campaign issues

The general election will see the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) hoping to secure its position as the single government party. The Republican People's Party (CHP), a center-left party, will be looking forward to form a single party, or most likely a coalition government. The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: or AK Parti, or AKP[1]) describes itself as a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ...

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at a parliamentary group meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Friday, stated that they are not engaging in restricted politics but that their party is a center party that is open to all segments of society.

Alliances

The threshold of 10% forces minor and medium sized parties to form alliances. The first official offer came from Liberal Democratic Party who offered an alliance to nine political parties both from left and right wings, including the Motherland Party and Democratic Left Party.^[12] The Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Demokrat Parti) is a liberal party in Turkey. ... The Motherland Party of Turkey, (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi or ANAP) is a political party in Turkey. ... For the Slovak party see Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia). ...

Unification:

Liberal parties: On June 2, 2007, the True Path Party changed its name to Democratic Party (DP), and the Motherland Party was to merge into DP.^[13] However, the Motherland Party did not dissolve itself in a party congress. On 2 June 2007 Erkan Mumcu made a statement accusing DYP leader not having fulfilled the promises he made in the unification protocol.

Left parties: The Republican People's Party (as the largest centre-left political party) had expressed their wish to amalgamate with the Democratic Left Party and the Social Democratic People's Party. As of May 17, 2007, they made an election alliance with Democratic Left Party.

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Armenians in Turkey: The Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople gave his support to Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party. Mesrob II claimed that Erdoğan has been good to his people, gave his support to Armenians' rights and was less nationalist than the Kemalist CHP. Mesrob II claimed that he represents a substantial amount of Armenian votes [around 40,000] and has power to effect the results in his region ^[14].

Alevis in Turkey: This elections Alevi representation will not vote as a block to Republican People's Party as they were in the past^[15].

Armenians in Turkish national movement Armenians in Turkey (Turkish: ; Armenian: , the latter meaning Istanbul-Armenian) have an estimated population of 40,000 (1995) to 70,000. ... His Beatitude Archbishop Mesrob II Mutafyan, aka Mesrop Mutafyan, (June 16, 1956, Istanbul, Turkey) is the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians. ... Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (born February 26, 1954), became the Prime Minister of Turkey on March 14, 2003. ... The name Justice and Development Party is used by a number of political parties, including Justice and Development Party (Morocco) Justice and Development Party (Turkey) See also: List of political parties. ... Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – November 10, 1938), Turkish soldier and statesman, was the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ... Alevis or Alevi-Bektashis (Kurdish: Alevi, Turkish: Aleviler or Alevilik) are a religious community in Turkey, and they make up some 20% of the population of the country. ... Alevis or Alevi-Bektashis (Kurdish: Alevi, Turkish: Aleviler or Alevilik) are a religious community in Turkey, and they make up some 20% of the population of the country. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ...

Imports/exports

Justice and Development Party: Erdoğan, speaking at a parliamentary group meeting of JDP, stated that they are not engaging in restricted politics [only based on religion] but that their party is a "center party" that is open to all segments of society ^[16].

Imports: In alliance with his goal: Ankara Chamber of Industry Chairman Zafer Çağlayan, Ahmet İyimaya (from DYP), Mehmet Domaç, Associate Professor Zeynep Dağı, Professor Zafer Üskül (from SHP), Fazilet Dağcı Çığlı, Professor Yusuf Ziya İrbeç, Osman Yağmurdereli, Ertuğrul Günay (from CHP), Reha Çamuroğlu (Alevi) and Ülkü Gökalp Güney are imported to the party. Alevis or Alevi-Bektashis (Kurdish: Alevi, Turkish: Aleviler or Alevilik) are a religious community in Turkey, and they make up some 20% of the population of the country. ...

Exports: Before the party lists declared; the establishing member and the State Minister Abdüllatif Şener said he would not run for parliamentary elections. Bandırma deputy Turhan Çömez, declared that he will not run. Bandırma is a district of Balıkesir Province of Turkey. ...

Motherland Party: After the failed unification (alliance) there are members that quit the party.

Exports: Nejat Arseven, Lütfullah Kayalar (to CHP), Edip Safder Gaydalı (to CHP) and Şerif Bedirhanoğlu among them.

Finance

Campaign finance has been an issue in Turkey, as religion-based parties were said to have taken foreign monetary support. So far, the parties have respectively raised: Campaign finance refers to the means by which money is raised for election campaigns. ...

• 8,000,000 YTL, Justice and Development Party
• 7,000,000 YTL, Republican People's Party
• True Path Party, 4,500,000 YTL
• Anavatan, 4,000,000 YTL
• Nationalist Movement Party, 1,300,000 YTL

Presents

AKP handed out presents at party meetings. [[1]][[2]] ^[17]

Debates

Opinion polls

¹ Results do not include a 33.9% block of people polled who said they were undecided. Source: Sabah The Justice and Development Party (Turkish: or AK Parti, or AKP[1]) describes itself as a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party. ... Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (born February 26, 1954), became the Prime Minister of Turkey on March 14, 2003. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ... For other uses of CHP, see CHP. The Republican Peoples Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP) is the oldest Turkish political party, which established the Republican regime and the parliament in Turkey. ... Deniz Baykal, Turkish politician and lawyer, born July 20, 1938 in Antalya. ... The Democratic Left Party (Turkish: Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP) is a Turkish political party. ... Zeki Sezer is a Turkish politician and the new leader of Democratic Left Party (Demokratik Sol Parti, DSP). ... The True Path Party (Turkish: Dogru Yol Partisi or DYP) is a right-wing, secularist conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983. ... Mehmet Kemal AÄŸar (born 30 October 1951 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and leader of the True Path Party (DYP). ... Map illustrating the partys performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... Devlet Bahçeli (born 1942) is a Turkish politician and chairman of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). ... DTP Symbol Map illustrating independents performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. ... The Motherland Party of Turkey, (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi or ANAP) is a political party in Turkey. ... Erkan Mumcu (1963 - ) is a Turkish politician and the current leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). ... Genç Parti The Young Party (Turkish: Genç Parti) is a nationalist, secular, protectionist political party in Turkey. ... Cem Uzan is a Turkish businessman involved in the media business and politician, chairman of the right-populist Young Party. ... The Social Democratic Peoples Party (Turkish: Sosyaldemokrat Halk Partisi) or SHP is a Turkish left Social Democratic Party. ... The Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi) is a Islamist political party in Turkey. ... The Great Union Party (Büyük Birlik Partisi) is afar-right nationalist, Islamist political party in Turkey. ... This article is about the political party, for the web directory abbreviated ODP see Open Directory Project. ...

² Source: SONAR Araştırma

³ Results are after distribution of undecided votes. Source: SONAR Araştırma

⁴ VERSO Center of Political Studies Source: Angus Reid Global Monitor

Results

Winning party by province 2002 and 2007

Winning party by province 2007 toned light (narrow win) to dark (large majority)

Map illustrating independents' performance at the 2007 general election by constituency. Most, though not all, of the successful independent candidates were DTP members.

Composition of the Grand National Assembly

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Analysis

While the AKP gained votes over 2002, the resurgence of the nationalist MHP resulted in a slight net loss of 23 seats for the ruling party. Still, with 61.8% of the seats, the AKP maintains a large outright majority in the 16th Parliament. The resurgence of the MHP gives them 71 seats to make them the third party for the 16th Parliament. Their resurgence proved far more costly for the CHP, who lost 66 seats but maintained their position as the second party in the 16th Parliament.

Independents fared far better in 2007 than in 2002, earning a 5.2% share of the popular vote, up from 1% in the previous election. As a result, the number of independent MPs in the 16th Parliament will increase from 9 to 27.

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External links

• CNN Turk article (in Turkish)
• 2007 elections news in English
• 2007 elections news in Turkish
• Turkishpolitix.com - Online Dossier on elections in 2007 (in English)