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Jurisdiction in Turkey has unfortunately never been “independent and impartial.” However, it has also never been…
The elections held on March 31th, the preceding and following events are historical, and displayed that the ruling alliance does not recognize the election results, unless its in favor of them. The "survival" issue, which also appeared during the 7 June elections, clearly points to the survival of those in power. The High Electoral Council, declared a re-run of elections in Istanbul, 36 days after the elections, without any legal basis. This also officially declares that, even the rule of law no longer exists in Turkey.
AKP lost its parliamentary majority at the June 7th 2015 general elections. The balances in the Parliament had totally changed when HDP surpassed the %10 threshold and had 80 MPs in the parliament. However Erdoğan was not happy with the election results. He hindered the attempts to establish a governmental administration, and in the end he forced re-elections. In the mean time, the country entered a spiral of political polarity.