Turkey on the Eve of Presidential and Parliamentary Elections: Balance of Political Forces in the Country
... political forces in the Turkish parliament that has 600 seats. Table 1 : Distribution of Seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey No. Party Name Leader Chairperson Position Number of seats Relation to coalition 1 Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Naci Bostancı Right-wing populism, conservative democracy 285 People’s Alliance 2 Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Centre-left social democracy, kemalism 134 Nation Alliance 3 Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Mithat Sancar & Pervin Buldan Pervin Buldan Left-wing, radical democratic socialism 56 Labour and Freedom ...