2002 Turkish general election

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The 2002 Turkish general election was a landmark parliamentary vote that reshaped Turkey’s political landscape by bringing the newly formed Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power and ending the dominance of many established parties.

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2002 Turkish general election canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
abbreviationOfMainOppositionPartyAfterElection CHP ⓘ
abbreviationOfMainWinner AKP ⓘ
campaignIssue corruption ⓘ
economic recovery ⓘ
political stability ⓘ
context held after 2001 Turkish financial crisis ⓘ
held amid economic crisis in Turkey ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
electionDate 2002-11-03 ⓘ
electoralThreshold 10% ⓘ
electoralType legislative ⓘ
forOffice Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
governmentFormedBy Justice and Development Party ⓘ
leaderOfMainOppositionParty Deniz Baykal ⓘ
leaderOfMainWinner Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
location Turkey ⓘ
mainOppositionPartyAfterElection Republican People’s Party ⓘ
mainWinner Justice and Development Party ⓘ
majorPartyFailingThreshold Democratic Left Party ⓘ
Motherland Party ⓘ
Nationalist Movement Party ⓘ
True Path Party ⓘ
nextElection 2007 Turkish general election ⓘ
notableOutcome brought the newly formed AKP to power ⓘ
ended the parliamentary presence of several established parties ⓘ
reshaped Turkey’s party system ⓘ
parliamentaryMajority AKP alone ⓘ
parliamentaryTermNumber 22nd Parliament of Turkey ⓘ
partiesCrossingThreshold Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Republican People’s Party ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Justice and Development Party ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Democratic Left Party ⓘ
percentageVoteAKP 34.3% ⓘ
percentageVoteCHP 19.4% ⓘ
previousElection 1999 Turkish general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Abdullah Gül ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Bülent Ecevit ⓘ
resultingGovernmentType single-party majority government ⓘ
seatsWonByAKP 363 ⓘ
seatsWonByCHP 178 ⓘ
significance considered a turning point in modern Turkish politics ⓘ
marked the beginning of long-term AKP rule in Turkey ⓘ
totalSeats 550 ⓘ
voterTurnout about 79% ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemDetail party-list proportional representation ⓘ
year 2002 ⓘ

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AK Party → wonElection → 2002 Turkish general election ⓘ
2007 Turkish general election → previousElection → 2002 Turkish general election ⓘ
1999 Turkish general election → nextElection → 2002 Turkish general election ⓘ