Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was pretty clear when he said “We wanted a shift to a presidential system but the people did not approve it” as a summary of the June 7 election in Turkey
Turkish voters did not allow any of the four parties in the next parliament to form a government on its own in the June 7 elections, but deep trust issues between the parties do not immediately allow for very easy solutions to a possible coalition
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, not Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, made the first political move after the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) lost its parliamentary majority in the recent election, meeting with Deniz Baykal, the former head of the social democratic Republican People’s Party (CHP) on June 10.
As chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is likely to ask two questions to both Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Devlet Bahçeli of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) when he starts tours to form a new government.
The day after Turkey’s June 7 general election showed that there is a problem within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) about who should be held responsible for the vote erosion that led to it losing its parliamentary majority
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) lost its parliamentary majority in the June 7 election - despite holding onto its number one position
This could be a farewell to Erdoğan's target of a strong presidential system, but just for the record we should note that he is not the type to give in easily
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan’s application to the Ankara Prosecutor’s Office to launch a case demanding up to two life terms in prison against prominent journalist Can Dündar is the latest example of pressure on the media which has been on the rise for the last few weeks as the country is just days ahead of June 7 elections
There are three main scenarios for Turkey the day after the June 7 elections:
