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In the parliamentary elections held, such as the presidential elections, on June 24, Erdogan's Justice and Development (AKP) party won 295 seats, and its ultranationalist ally, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) 49 seats.
Opposite, the Republican People's Party (CHP, Social-Democratic) won 146 seats and its ally the nationalist right Iyi ("Good") Party, 43, while the People's Democratic Party (HDP, pro-Kurdish) won 67 seats.
Two deputies elected on the CHP lists resigned from the party on Saturday morning to register on behalf of the Party of Bliss (saadet). , Islamist), which was part of the alliance between the HPC and the Good Party. A member of the Great Union Party (BBP) who appeared on an AKP list has left the ranks of the party in power.
Thus, seven parties currently sit in the parliament which now has 600 members, against 550 before , by virtue of a constitutional revision adopted by referendum in April 2017.
The AKP does not enjoy a majority, and will depend on its ultra-nationalist ally, making some observers fear a stiffening of its political line, especially with regard to the Kurds.
On Saturday morning, Erdogan gathered the deputies of his formation for a first group meeting in parliament, during which he said that, "strengthened", he was determined to "pursue (his) route. "
In the afternoon, the new MPs began to parade, one after the other, to the applause of their colleagues, to recite their swearing. The ceremony continued in the late evening.
Among the new deputies is the journalist Ahmet Sik, elected under the colors of the HDP, jailed for several months and still under the seal of a trial for help to "terrorism" with several from his colleagues in opposition daily Cumhuriyet
Also entering parliament are former Turkish international football defender Alpay Ozalan and former speed motorcycle racer Kenan Sofuoglu, both elected AKP.
M. Erdogan will take his oath on Monday, before presiding over a ceremony marking the entry into force of the presidential system which confers him prerogatives largely reinforced.
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