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2007 Turkish general election

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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 the neutral point as to the President, thus preventing domination of a single party and control every mechanism of the Turkish political system.
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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.
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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 give 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
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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
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While the AKP gained votes over 2002, the resurgence of the nationalist MHP resulted in a slight net loss of 23 seats for AKP. AKP was therefore unable to obtain a two-thirds majority for the second time since the party first contested a general election in 2002. Still, with 61.8% of the seats, the
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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. Erdoğan did not give the details or the financial implications of his plan. During the same speech, Erdoğan also proposed
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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. Baykal said it
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With the exception of DTP all candidates in Van and Hakkari from CHP, MHP, DYP and AKP must annul 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
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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
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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 the 1990s, with the political order, Turkish military
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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.
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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 were able to be elected in this election.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at a parliamentary group meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) 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.
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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.
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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. The next day in a statement, the Supreme Election Committee
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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 (60th government) will increase from 9 to 27.
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There were no face to face debates that brought leaders into a single medium during this campaign period. The limited argumentation between leaders were performed throughout the rallies and use of media as a communication tool.
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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 would be tantamount to an attack on Diyarbakir in Turkey".
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The "total expenses" for each party at the end of the election was; Justice and Development Party 141.216.258 YTL, Republican People's Party, 79.874.759 YTL, Nationalist Movement Party 26.547.814 YTL,
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23.020.688 YTL, True Path Party 30.306.255 YTL. Some of the raised money was claimed to be used as a financial bargain as Justice and Development Party handed out presents in party meetings.
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continues the activities we mentioned here will be punished. Who ever damages our movement or our party will not be forgiven in any way. They should know that they are facing death
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has been an issue in Turkey, as religion-based parties were said to have taken foreign monetary support. The parties have respectively raised through membership charges:
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Exports: Before the party lists declared; the establishing member and the State Minister Abdüllatif Şener said he would not run for parliamentary elections.
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was criticised by opponents; she was elected from prison, having been arrested in November 2006 for alleged links to the
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The capacity of Turkish higher educational institutions falls short compared to the number of high school graduates. The
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The PKK is a Kurdish group listed as a terrorist organization by many international organisations, however, after the
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Exports: Nejat Arseven, Lütfullah Kayalar (to CHP), Edip Safder Gaydalı (to CHP) and Şerif Bedirhanoğlu among them.
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The threshold of 10% forces minor and medium-sized parties to form alliances. The first official offer came from
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was to merge into DP. However, the Motherland Party did not dissolve itself in a party congress. On 2 June 2007
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made a statement accusing DYP leader not having fulfilled the promises he made in the unification protocol.
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who offered an alliance to nine political parties both from left and right wings, including the
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The stage of the elections were set for a fight for legitimacy in the eyes of voters between
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Results do not include a 33.9% block of people polled who said they were undecided. Source:
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that had been perceived to be under threat from the AKP's nomination of Foreign Minister
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will seek a return to Parliament. As the 10% threshold requirement only holds for
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Originally due to be held in November, the elections were called early after the
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as its presidential candidate, amid huge opposition and concern over his former
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There are 550 deputies distributed based on the count of electoral vote :
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is responsible from the planning, implementation and accreditation of
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Turkishpolitix.com - Online Dossier on elections in 2007 (in English)
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political background. The controversy was largely caused due to the
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in order to bypass the 10% threshold. The alliance, formed of the
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destroyed PKK bases in northern-Iraq for the short term reliefs.
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History of the Republic of Turkey#AKP government (2002–present)
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According to Turkish election laws, a party must gain at least
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Over 42 million people were eligible to vote in the election.
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by the Erdoğan's ruling party, before any consideration. The
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and former DEP (Democratic Society Party) parliamentarians (
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One of the parliamentarians elected for MHP in Istanbul 3,
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deputy Turhan Çömez, declared that he will not run.
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