Turkish general election, November

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) managed to maintain its votes in the June 24 elections thanks to some Justice and Development Party (AKP) supporters who voted for the nationalist party, according to a leading pollster.

Turkey's new parliament will hold its first plenary session on July 8 at 2 p.m. local time, three days after the Supreme Election Board (YSK) gives final official results for the June 24 general elections.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has praised his party's success in winning seats in parliament despite "injustices."

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which allied with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for both parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, beat forecasts of almost all pollsters by keeping its votes at around 11 percent, according to initial results by state-run Anadolu Agency.

The Kurdish-issue focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) managed to get more than 10 percent of the votes in Turkey's June 24 elections, passing the national election threshold.

Mahir Ünal, the spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has denied accusations directed by opposition parties against the Anadolu Agency and the Supreme Board of Election (YSK), saying there is "no suspicion" in the initial election results.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has called for "national reconciliation" based on shared historical values.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on June 14 applied to the Supreme Board of Elections (YSK) and the Justice Ministry for permission to allow the presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş hold election rallies in Istanbul, the western province of İzmir, and the southeastern provinces of Gaziatep and Mardin. 

A leaked video showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan instructing his party's local organizations to put "tight marking" on voters in order to bring the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) below the 10 percent threshold has gone viral on social media.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate from the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), reached out to voters through his wife's phone on June 6, holding a campaign "rally" from his prison cell in the northeastern province of Edirne.