2002 Turkish general election
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The 2002 Turkish general election was a landmark parliamentary vote that reshaped Turkey’s political landscape by bringing the newly formed Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power and ending the dominance of many established parties.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | general election ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfMainOppositionPartyAfterElection | CHP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfMainWinner | AKP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignIssue |
corruption
ⓘ
economic recovery ⓘ political stability ⓘ |
| context |
held after 2001 Turkish financial crisis
ⓘ
held amid economic crisis in Turkey ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| electionDate | 2002-11-03 ⓘ |
| electoralThreshold | 10% ⓘ |
| electoralType | legislative ⓘ |
| forOffice | Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormedBy | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderOfMainOppositionParty | Deniz Baykal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderOfMainWinner | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainOppositionPartyAfterElection | Republican People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWinner | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorPartyFailingThreshold |
Democratic Left Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Motherland Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Nationalist Movement Party NERFINISHED ⓘ True Path Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextElection | 2007 Turkish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOutcome |
brought the newly formed AKP to power
ⓘ
ended the parliamentary presence of several established parties ⓘ reshaped Turkey’s party system ⓘ |
| parliamentaryMajority | AKP alone ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermNumber | 22nd Parliament of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partiesCrossingThreshold |
Justice and Development Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection | Democratic Left Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| percentageVoteAKP | 34.3% ⓘ |
| percentageVoteCHP | 19.4% ⓘ |
| previousElection | 1999 Turkish general election ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Abdullah Gül NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Bülent Ecevit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultingGovernmentType | single-party majority government ⓘ |
| seatsWonByAKP | 363 ⓘ |
| seatsWonByCHP | 178 ⓘ |
| significance |
considered a turning point in modern Turkish politics
ⓘ
marked the beginning of long-term AKP rule in Turkey ⓘ |
| totalSeats | 550 ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | about 79% ⓘ |
| votingSystem | proportional representation ⓘ |
| votingSystemDetail | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
| year | 2002 ⓘ |
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