2007 Turkish general election
E802005
The 2007 Turkish general election was a pivotal parliamentary vote that consolidated the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) power and shaped Turkey’s political trajectory in the late 2000s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | general election ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfSecondParty | CHP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfThirdParty | MHP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abbreviationOfWinningParty | AKP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allowedGroupRepresentation | Kurdish politicians as independents ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| electionDate | 2007-07-22 ⓘ |
| electoralThreshold | 10% ⓘ |
| forOffice | Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialResults | Turkish ⓘ |
| leaderOfSecondParty | Deniz Baykal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderOfThirdParty | Devlet Bahçeli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderOfWinningParty | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureTerm | 23rd Parliament of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWinningParty | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIssue |
EU accession
ⓘ
Kurdish issue ⓘ presidential election ⓘ role of the military in politics ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| nextElection | 2011 Turkish general election ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
high voter turnout
ⓘ
independent candidates used to bypass 10% threshold ⓘ |
| partOf | political history of Turkey in the 2000s ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | 2002 Turkish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEarlyElection | presidential election crisis ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
consolidation of Justice and Development Party power
ⓘ
continuation of single-party government by AKP ⓘ |
| seatsForElection | 550 ⓘ |
| secondParty | Republican People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondPartySeats | 112 ⓘ |
| secondPartyVoteShare | 20.9% ⓘ |
| thirdParty | Nationalist Movement Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdPartySeats | 71 ⓘ |
| thirdPartyVoteShare | 14.3% ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | early dissolution of parliament ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | 84.25% ⓘ |
| votingMethod | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
| votingSystem | proportional representation ⓘ |
| winningPartySeats | 341 ⓘ |
| winningPartySeatsChange | -22 ⓘ |
| winningPartyVoteShare | 46.6% ⓘ |
| year | 2007 ⓘ |
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