Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş has called for an extraordinary meeting of the parliament on July 25, in response to the opposition's request regarding the recent economic developments and tax hikes.

While the parliament was in recess since July 16th, opposition parties had consistently demanded an emergency gathering of the legislative body.

Amid an internal debate over how the party should restructure itself following the election defeat, the provincial leaders of the Republican People's Party (CHP) have underlined that change should come through new opinions and principles and not through persons.

The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Supreme Court of Appeals' request to halt the treasury aid allocated to the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), deliberated on the grounds that the party did not participate in the May 14 elections.

Taylan Yıldız, one of the founders of the İYİ (Good) Party, has announced his resignation from the party through a video posted on his social media account.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is gearing up to convert 19 districts into provinces based on the proposal put forth by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli during his recent group speech, local media has reported.

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has called on the opposition parties to support the efforts for writing a brand-new civilian and democratic constitution in the new legislative year.

The co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, have announced that they will not rerun for the party leadership at the first HDP congress after the elections as they have not reached the targeted success in the May 14 polls.

The opposition Nation Alliance has completed its mission as the elections are over, and all sides will go their separate ways, a senior member of the İYİ (Good) Party has said.

"All alliances are election alliances, and when the election is over, all alliances disappear," İYİ Party Secretary-General Uğur Poyraz said on June 1 in a televised interview.

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-leader of the People's Democracy Party (HDP), has announced his decision to quit active politics in a move that follows the parliamentary and presidential polls in May.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who has lost the presidential race in the May 28 polls, will hold meetings with his senior aides and party officials to assess the election results and set a road map for the coming period.