Gönül Karahano

The losers of the Nov. 1 elections were again women. According to unofficial figures, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has 34 women deputies, while the Republican People's Party (CHP) has 21, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has 23 and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has three, equaling 81 women deputies in total.

A Turkish NGO has called for more women to stand for parliament in the upcoming general election, stating that "equal representation is a precondition of democracy."

Women continue to be underrepresented at Turkey?s top-level state positions, according to recent research released by a Turkish NGO working on women?s representation.