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Turkey is set to have its most critical elections in decades on June 7.

A total of 12 political parties have withdrawn from the June 7 parliamentary elections in Turkey, with 11 of them not submitting their lists of nomination candidates by April 7.

Eleven of the 31 political parties which were eligible to enter the elections on June 7 did not submit their lists, automatically disqualifying them from the election ballot. 

The Constitutional Court has once again refused to hear appeals to remove the 10 percent election threshold, which parties in the country need to surpass in order to win representation in parliament.

Turkish political parties have launched a fresh debate over the possibility of lifting the 10 percent threshold in the election system, with the Constitutional Court now considering an application to review the matter.

The main opposition party headquarters in Ankara now has a masjid, a sign of the party’s changing mentality and the influence of the new individuals in the party’s direction.

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has confirmed that it will announce its candidate for the upcoming presidential elections on July 1, two days before the official deadline.