On June 23, Turkey’s new parliament will convene and lawmakers will take oaths to begin their legislative works officially.
Amid uncertainty over the composition of the next government after June 7 elections, the tension along the Turkish-Syrian border has intensified to the advantage of the Syrian Kurds that grabbed the control of strategic city Tal Abyad from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The June 7 general election obviously launched a new era in Turkey, with the AKP losing its majority at parliament and with the one-party government it has enjoyed since 2002 coming to an end.
Turkey successfully concluded parliamentary elections on June 7 within a spirit of democratic maturity, despite attempts at provocations, especially in southeastern Anatolia against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
The long-anticipated parliamentary elections have resulted in a not-so-surprising way as the fatigued Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its majority in parliament
With a few days left before he loses his seat as minister and quits active politics, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said Turkey is considering becoming an equity partner in the Turkish Stream project, as Russia’s Gazprom is likely to start construction of the natural gas pipeline by the end of June.
I borrowed the title of this column from the new book by Prof. Sencer Ayata, a deputy leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a renowned sociologist
Leaders of the political parties that will run in the June 7 elections have geared up their elections campaigns with consecutive public rallies, as well as media interviews, in order to reach more people and garner more votes, with less than 10 days to go until polls
The June 7 parliamentary elections are being followed with great interest by regional countries as well as Turkey’s Western allies, including the United States and the European Union.
