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After elections in May: new parliament convenes in Turkey

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd from right), President of Turkey, takes part in the swearing-in ceremony of the MPs of the 28th session. The members of parliament took their oath of office at the parliament in Ankara on Friday. Photo: Turkish Presidency/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

The AKP lost 27 more seats and now has 268 seats. Four of its deputies belong to the Kurdish Islamist party Hüda Par, which first entered parliament through the AKP’s list. Together with the deputies of the Islamist party Yeniden Refah and the ultra-nationalist MHP, Erdogan’s supporters have 323 of a total of 600 seats. They failed to get the two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional amendment.

The imprisoned lawyer Can Atalay was also elected. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2022 in connection with the 2013 Gezi anti-government protests and is now campaigning for the Turkish Workers’ Party in Hatay province. Atalay can become a member of parliament as long as his verdict is not final, his lawyer Bülent Akbay said. The release was requested but not yet finalized. Atalay was on trial in the same process as culture promoter Osman Kavala. The process has been criticized as politically motivated. (SDA)

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