A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled.
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament, is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 amid the National Campaign. This constitution had founded its pre-government known as 1st Executive Ministers of Turkey in May 1920. The parliament was fundamental in the efforts of Mareşal Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of the Republic of Turkey, and his colleagues to found a new state out of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Leyla Zana is a Kurdish politician. She was imprisoned for ten years for her political activism, which was deemed by the Turkish courts to be against the unity of the country. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004. She was also awarded the Rafto Prize in 1994 after being recognized by the Rafto Foundation for being incarcerated for her peaceful struggle for the human rights of the Kurdish people in Turkey and the neighbouring countries.
An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova on 10 November 2009 and 7 December 2009, following the parliamentary election held in July 2009.
Yalçın Topçu is a Turkish politician and former bureaucrat who served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu from 28 August to 17 November 2015. He was formerly the leader of the Great Union Party between 2009 and 2011, resigning after being defeated in the 2011 general election.
General elections were held in Turkey on 1 November 2015 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. They were the 25th general elections in the History of the Republic of Turkey and elected the country's 26th Parliament. The election resulted in the Justice and Development Party (AKP) regaining a parliamentary majority following a 'shock' victory, having lost it five months earlier in the June 2015 general elections.
Rıdvan Turan is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who serves as a Member of Parliament for Mersin.
Burcu Köksal is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is currently the Mayor of Afyonkarahisar. She previously served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar from 7 June 2015 until her election as mayor in 2024.
Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş is a Turkish economist and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 28 August 2015 to 19 July 2017. He first joined the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on 28 August 2015 as a Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politician. He later defected to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected as an MP for the AKP in the November 2015 general election, continuing to serve as Deputy Prime Minister in the subsequent AKP majority government. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since the 2007 general election and is the eldest son of the MHP's founder Alparslan Türkeş. He is the former leader of the Bright Turkey Party (ATP), which he led from 1997 to 2002.
The 18th term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey lasted from 29 November 1987 to 20 October 1991. There were 450 MPs in the parliament. Motherland Party (ANAP) held the majority. Social Democrat Populist Party (SHP) and True Path Party (DYP) were the other parties.
Mithat Sancar is a Turkish professor of public and constitutional law, columnist, and translator of Arab descent. He has been an MP for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish parliament since the June 2015 general election and was elected Co-Chair of the party in February 2020.
Ali Haydar Hakverdi is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since 7 June 2015. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in the snap election of November 2015.
Atilla Sertel is a Turkish politician and journalist from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who has served as a Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district since the November 2015 general election. He previously served as the President of the Federation of Journalists of Turkey from 2009 to 2015.
Mustafa Tuncer is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who served as a Member of Parliament for Amasya from 2015 to 2023. Before entering politics, Tuncer worked as a freelance lawyer.
Sezai Temelli is a Turkish politician, and former chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey. He was a Member of Parliament representing Van for the HDP.
Filiz Kerestecioğlu Demir is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament since the June 2015 general election.
Hüda Kaya is a Turkish journalist, writer, activist and politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Since June 2015 she has been member of the Turkish parliament, representing her Istanbul constituency.
Deniz Depboylu is a Turkish serving as the Nationalist Movement Party's vice-president. She also served as a Member of Parliament for Aydın, from the November 2015 elections until she lost her seat in the 2018 election.
Hakkı Saruhan Oluç is a Turkish politician and engineer, a former member and founder of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) and current member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
İmam Taşçıer is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
