2007 Turkish general election

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The 2007 Turkish general election was a pivotal parliamentary vote that consolidated the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) power and shaped Turkey’s political trajectory in the late 2000s.

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2007 Turkish general election canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general election ⓘ
abbreviationOfSecondParty CHP ⓘ
abbreviationOfThirdParty MHP ⓘ
abbreviationOfWinningParty AKP ⓘ
allowedGroupRepresentation Kurdish politicians as independents ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
electionDate 2007-07-22 ⓘ
electoralThreshold 10% ⓘ
forOffice Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
languageOfOfficialResults Turkish ⓘ
leaderOfSecondParty Deniz Baykal ⓘ
leaderOfThirdParty Devlet Bahçeli ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
legislatureTerm 23rd Parliament of Turkey ⓘ
location Turkey ⓘ
mainWinningParty Justice and Development Party ⓘ
majorIssue EU accession ⓘ
Kurdish issue ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
role of the military in politics ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
nextElection 2011 Turkish general election ⓘ
notableFeature high voter turnout ⓘ
independent candidates used to bypass 10% threshold ⓘ
partOf political history of Turkey in the 2000s ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Justice and Development Party ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Justice and Development Party ⓘ
previousElection 2002 Turkish general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
reasonForEarlyElection presidential election crisis ⓘ
resultedIn consolidation of Justice and Development Party power ⓘ
continuation of single-party government by AKP ⓘ
seatsForElection 550 ⓘ
secondParty Republican People’s Party ⓘ
secondPartySeats 112 ⓘ
secondPartyVoteShare 20.9% ⓘ
thirdParty Nationalist Movement Party ⓘ
thirdPartySeats 71 ⓘ
thirdPartyVoteShare 14.3% ⓘ
triggeredBy early dissolution of parliament ⓘ
voterTurnout 84.25% ⓘ
votingMethod party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
winningPartySeats 341 ⓘ
winningPartySeatsChange -22 ⓘ
winningPartyVoteShare 46.6% ⓘ
year 2007 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AK Party → wonElection → 2007 Turkish general election ⓘ
2002 Turkish general election → nextElection → 2007 Turkish general election ⓘ
23rd Parliament of Turkey → precededByElection → 2007 Turkish general election ⓘ