2007 Turkish general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2007_Turkish_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:date 22 July 2007
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2007 Turkish general election
gptkbp:location gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:majoritySeats 276
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2011_Turkish_general_election
gptkbp:notableAchievement AKP increased its share of the vote
CHP lost seats
Kurdish-backed independents entered parliament
MHP returned to parliament
significant number of independents elected
first time since 1980s that three parties entered parliament
gptkbp:numberOfIndependentMPsElected 26
gptkbp:numberOfIssues atheism
economic reforms
military influence in politics
EU accession
Kurdish representation
presidential election crisis
gptkbp:numberOfPartiesParticipated 14
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_People's_Party
gptkb:Justice_and_Development_Party
gptkb:Felicity_Party
gptkb:Nationalist_Movement_Party
gptkb:Democrat_Party
gptkb:Democratic_Society_Party
gptkb:Young_Party
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2002_Turkish_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Recep_Tayyip_Erdoğan
gptkbp:reasonForEarlyElection parliamentary deadlock over presidential election
gptkbp:resultDemocraticSocietyParty 5.2%
gptkbp:resultDemocratParty 5.4%
gptkbp:resultFelicityParty 2.3%
gptkbp:resultJusticeAndDevelopmentParty 46.6%
gptkbp:resultNationalistMovementParty 14.3%
gptkbp:resultRepublicanPeople'sParty 20.9%
gptkbp:resultYoungParty 3.3%
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 550
gptkbp:threshold 10%
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 84.25%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Justice_and_Development_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AKP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6