The electoral system of Turkey varies for general,presidential and local elections that take place in Turkey every five years. Turkey has been a multi-party democracy since 1950,with the first democratic election held on 14 May 1950 leading to the end of the single-party rule established in 1923. The current electoral system for electing Members of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly has a 7% election threshold.
Salih Fırat is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin from the Justice and Development Party (AKP),who has served as a Member of Parliament for Adıyaman since 12 June 2011.
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.
Berdan Öztürk is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent who is from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP),who has served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Ağrısince 7 June 2015.
Müslüm Doğan is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who served as the Minister of Development in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on 28 August 2015. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district in the June 2015 general election. He is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). On 22 September 2015,he resigned from the interim election cabinet and was succeeded by Cüneyd Düzyol.
Ali Haydar Konca is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator in the interim election government led by Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 22 September 2015. He served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Kocaeli from June to November 2015. He is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and is a former civil servant and Kaymakam (sub-governor).
Tacettin Bayır is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for İzmir's first electoral district since 7 June 2015,first elected in the June 2015 general election. He was formerly a founding member of the now-defunct Social Democracy Party (SODEP) in the early 1980s and later joined the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) before the party merged with the CHP.
Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP),who has served as the Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since 2015. She previously served as an MP for the same district from 2002 to 2007 and served as an MP for Ankara's second electoral district from 2011 to 2015. She is the granddaughter of İsmet İnönü,the second President of Turkey. Between 2010 and 2011,she served as a Deputy Leader of the CHP. She was offered,but declined,a ministerial position by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu during the formation of an interim election government in August 2015.
Kadri Enis Berberoğlu is a Turkish politician and journalist from the Republican People's Party (CHP),who has served as the Member of Parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district since 2015. Since the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention of 2014,he has been the Deputy Leader of the party responsible for media relations and communications.
Naci Ağbal is a Turkish politician and former civil servant from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as the Minister of Finance between 2015 and 2018. He was a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Bayburt,a position he held until 2018 after being elected during the June 2015 general election. He previously served as the Undersecretary to the Ministry of Finance between 2009 and 2015,resigning in order to contest the election.
Mehmet Tüm is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Balıkesir since 7 June 2015. He was first elected in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in the November 2015 general election. He is also a member of the CHP party council.
Levent Gök is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as one of the three parliamentary group leaders for his party since 22 August 2014. He succeeded Muharrem İnce,who resigned to contest the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention as a leadership candidate. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since the 2011 general election.
Fikri Demirel is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party who serves as a Member of Parliament for the Yalova since 7 June 2015.
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.
Ferhat Encü is a Kurdish–Turkish politician and former member of the Turkish Parliament in the Sirnak Province. Encüis well known for a speech that he gave on the floor of the Parliament in Ankara. In his speech,Encücriticized the Turkish government for their violence and mistreatment of the Kurds. After delivering the speech,Encüwas arrested and stripped of his parliamentary immunity.
Faysal Sarıyildiz is a politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and a former Member of Parliament representing the Sırnak Province.
HakkıSaruhan 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.
Metin Külünk is a Turkish engineer and politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
