Turkish Parliament Speaker election, June–July

Republican People?s Party parliamentary speaker candidate Deniz Baykal paid courtesy visits to leaders of the three other political parties elected to parliament in the June 7 election on June 26, only a few days before the procedure for the parliament speaker?s election kicks off.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has announced its candidate for the parliamentary speaker?s office, nominating incumbent Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz.

How probable is it to establish a grand coalition of the two biggest parties, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People?s Party (CHP), in Turkey? The business and industrial communities of the country as well as the international investors want it. Is such a coalition government attainable and sustainable?

Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu and his predecessor and CHP parliamentary speaker candidate, Deniz Baykal, have disagreed on the possibility of forming a coalition, with the leader depicting the chances as low and the latter declaring a joint government as inevitable. 

Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) has declared that the selection of a parliamentary speaker has no connection to the formation of a future coalition government, but the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) maneuvers suggest otherwise amid moves to shape a power-sharing deal.

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has declared that the selection of a parliamentary speaker has no connection to the formation of a future coalition government, but the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) maneuvers suggest otherwise amid moves to shape a power-sharing deal.

The official phase of the coalition talks to form a new Turkish government after the June 7 election is expected to start next week.

Watching Tuesday?s swearing-in ceremony for newly elected deputies, one could not help thinking that this is a parliament which truly represents the ?New Turkey,? and not the one the Justice and Development Party (AKP) talked about when it held the parliamentary majority and called the shots.

Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) has nominated its former chair Deniz Baykal as its candidate for the parliamentary speaker's position, while the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has picked Ekmeleddin ?hsano?lu, former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

As the new Turkish parliament convenes on June 23, the chances are getting high for the formation of a grand coalition in Turkey, since no party gained the necessary majority to form a single party government in the June 7 election.