Turkish Parliament Speaker election

The parliament elected Numan Kurtulmuş as its new speaker on June 7, as he applied as the joint candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

The constitutional obligation of garnering 50 percent plus one vote for being elected as the president causes serious political and systemic problems, a senior presidential aide and veteran politician has said, calling on both the government and the opposition to come together to fix it.

Turkey's parliament passed a motion that authorizes the government to send Turkish troops to Libya for a one-year deployment at their emergency session on Jan. 2.
The motion passed with 325 votes in favor and 184 votes against the deployment. 

Turkish Grand National Assembly's new speaker was elected on Feb. 24 to replace resigning Binali Yıldırım, who is now running for Istanbul mayor in the upcoming March 31 local elections.

Candidates seeking to become Turkey's next parliament speaker have submitted their applications to interim speaker Celal Adan.

The Turkish Parliament is set to elect its new speaker in five days as the current head, Binali Yıldırım, has resigned from his post to run for Istanbul mayor in the upcoming March 31 municipal elections.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yıldırım has said he will leave his post on Feb. 18.

Syrian refugees should respect the law in Turkey, Binali Yıldırım, Turkish Parliament speaker who is running for mayor of Istanbul from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yıldırım on Sept. 23 praised relations with Uzbekistan ahead of his official visit to the country's capital Tashkent.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) expressed their disturbance with the judicial decision to continue the detention of Istanbul Deputy Enis Berberoğlu in a meeting with newly elected Parliament Speaker Binali Yıldırım on July 25.