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Legislative elections: Grand National Assembly of Turkey, 5-year term, 10% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Abdullah Gül · Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (AKP) · Government: AKP

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP)
Justice and Developement Party
Conservatism; Social conservatism, Islamic conservatism  EPPo
2001
49,8% 327 46,6% 341
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP)
Republican People's Party
Social democracy; Kemalism
 
PESa, SI
1995
(hist. 1923)
26,0% 135 20,9% 112
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP)
National Movement Party
Nationalism; Far-right politics
 
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1993
(hist. 1969)
13,0% 53 14,3% 71
Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi (BDP)
Peace and Democracy Party
(2007: DTP)
Kurdish minority politics; Social democracy PESa, SIo
2008
(hist. 1990)
 6,6%  35 5,2% 23
Independents - - - 3
Others - - 4,6% - 13,0% -
Total - -  - 550 - 550
Turnout 87,2% 84,3%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Note: The BDP/DTP MPs were elected as independents. Source: YSK (http://www.ysk.gov.tr). Archive: Elections 1946-2002.