People ' s Party

With President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an repeatedly declaring he will give the mandate to form a new government only after parliament establishes its board, the new assembly's related body has not been able agree to the makeup of the board, delaying the procedure to kick off coalition talks by at least two days.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) started to tilt towards following a bi-polar strategy in the coalition talks slated to start next week, if the parliament speakership council can be formed and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is asked by the president to form the next government.

Statements by a veteran member of parliament, Republican People's Party's (CHP) Deniz Baykal, who recently lost his run for parliament speaker's office, led to disagreements over incidents leading up to the election of the speaker, which was finalized last week with the election of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) candidate, ?smet Y?lmaz.

A truck carrying agricultural workers collided with a milk tanker in the Aegean province of Manisa early on July 6, killing 15 passengers and wounding two.

The truck was carrying a group of mostly female agricultural workers to a vineyard to pick fresh grape leaves. Thirteen women who were heading to the grape field are among the dead.

Voters of the June 7 general election openly delivered the message that parties should compromise and form a coalition government and continue the Kurdish peace process, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said.

Kosovo parliamentarians have accused their government of not being transparent in its negotiations with Montenegro over the northwestern border - and even of handing over territory. 

A Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy has slammed a huge police operation in Roma neighborhoods of the town of Ke?an in the northwestern province of Edirne, saying the raid aimed to "fuel ethnic discrimination" and "advertise the police forces in the media." 

The Sivas massacre, an arson attack on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the city's Mad?mak Hotel staged by radical Islamists that killed 33 intellectuals and two hotel personnel, was commemorated on its 22nd anniversary on July 2 in Turkey's Central Anatolian province of Sivas.

With the completion of the parliament speaker election process, all eyes have turned to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, who is expected to give mandate to Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu early next week, thus starting the 45-day long government-making process. 

Turkey's parliament has elected ?smet Y?lmaz, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate and incumbent defence minister, as its speaker with "covert support" from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
The first two rounds of voting were held on June 30, but none of the four candidates gathered the required support of 367 members of parliament in the 550-seat assembly.