ACTIVITIES OF THE PKK DURING THE 2015 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN TURKEY AND ITS RESULTS

Abstract

The present article deals with parliamentary elections held in Turkey in 2015, both election processes, Kurdish problem of Turkey, PKK terror and its results were analyzed and compared. During these elections, Turkey one more time encountered the issue of formation of the coalition government:within 13 years of election proses the Justice and Development Party (JDP) for the first time failed to organize the government by itself and the first time in the Turkish history the re-elections were held where the JDP won record number of votes.The list of researched items include the pre-election activity of the four parties which passed the 10 percent votes barrier, their election declarations and pledges, propaganda campaign and results of the elections for these parties, measures implemented for formation of the coalition, their results and reasons of inability of formation the coalition, replicated election decision and preparation for this election, factors affecting the election process, as well as the results of the elections. The elections held in June 7 and November 1, 2015 are of significant interest as the problems occured happened for the first time in the Turkish history.  The JDP's significant progress and winning record number of votes in November 1 elections compared to 7 June elections, despite the short time passed, the data was analyzed in terms of cause and consequences.