Secularism in Turkey
Turkey: A country for old men
Turkish politicians love to praise the country for its young population and say they want to see more women getting involved in politics, but when it comes to nominations for key posts, there are not many places for young people or women.
The three names officially announced to run for the Speaker of Parliament post, to be decided on June 30, are the latest example of this fact.
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Speaker election first mission for parliament
Turkey's newly elected deputies are getting down to business after taking their parliamentary oaths in an effort to elect a parliamentary speaker despite the absence of a coalition government.
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Newly elected members of parliament to take oath at first session
New members of the 550-seat Turkish parliament will take their oaths at the first session of the national assembly on June 23.
Turkey's new parliament to convene on June 23 as final election results announced
Turkey's top election body has eventually announced the final results of the June 7 general election, prompting all eyes to turn to the first sitting of the new parliament on the fifth day after the announcement of the results, on June 23.
Turkey's CHP should stick to its new strategy, but maybe not its leader
As scenarios for Turkey?s next coalition government fly around, the political parties are also in a process to assess the results of the June 7 election and working on strategies for the future.
Turkey and the politics of national identity
'Turkey and the Politics of National Identity: Social, Economic and Cultural Transformation' edited by Shane Brennan and Marc Herzog (I.B. Tauris, 315 pages, £62)
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AKP's treasury grant to decrease while HDP will receive one for the first time
The outcome of the June 7 election will change the amount of treasury grants pledged to the country?s political parties, which will receive grants according to the results the most recent polls.
AKP, CHP test waters for possible coalition
Unofficial consultations between the ruling and the main opposition parties have begun to test the waters as to whether the two bitter political rivals can form Turkey's next government.
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Presidential palace should be vacated over election results, Turkish architects say
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's 1,150-room mega-palace and its residents should immediately be evicted, an architects' NGO has said in a statement after the country's critical June 7 general elections.
Early polls not an option, coalition must be formed: CHP
Turkish voters have shown the parliament as the right venue for the resolution of all the country's problems, the main opposition's leader has said, calling all parties to abandon vicious discussions and not leave Turkey without a government.