1 November 2015: Early parliamentary elections in Turkey
The conservative Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) regained an absolute majority in parliament, which had been lost earlier in June. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced new elections because no coalition could be formed. The AKP received 316 of the 550 seats in parliament. The main opposition party, the social-democratic Republican People’s Party (CHP) received 134 seats. The Pro-Kurdish leftist People’s Democratic Party (HDP) received 59 seats while the right-wing Nationalist Action Party (MHP) ended up with 41 seats.
