Republican People's Party Election Campaign, June 2015
The Republican People's Party election campaign of June 2015 was the election campaign of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition political party in Turkey. The campaign, which was mainly centred on the slogan ''Yaşanacak Bir Türkiye'' (A Liveable Turkey), was for the June 2015 Turkish general election, June 2015 general election. Before the election, the CHP had signed a deal with the United States, American election strategy firm Joel Benenson, Beneson Strategy Group to assist with the campaign. This was the second general election contested by the party's leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who was first elected leader in 2010. The CHP's performance in elections since then have been subject to criticism by some party members, especially following the 2014 Turkish local elections, 2014 local elections and the 2014 Turkish presidential election, 2014 presidential election. However, Kılıçdaroğlu survived a 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention, ...
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June 2015 Turkish General Election
General elections were held in Turkey on 7 June 2015 to elect Member of Parliament#Turkey, 550 members to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Grand National Assembly. This was the 24th general election in the History of the Republic of Turkey, history of the Turkish Republic, electing the country's 25th Parliament of Turkey, 25th Parliament. The result was the first hung parliament since the 1999 Turkish general election, 1999 general elections. Unsuccessful attempts to form a coalition government resulted in a November 2015 Turkish general election, snap general election being called for November 2015. The Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP), which had governed Turkey since 2002, lost its parliamentary majority and won 258 seats with 40.9% of the vote, clearly missing the aimed two-thirds majority for the implementation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's call for an Presidential system, executive presidency. Th ...
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