Issues and developments during the Turkish general elections, 2015

	This article is part of a series on the Turkish general election, June 2015
Sunday, 7 June 2015 Campaigning (AKP · CHP · MHP · HDP) · Opinion polling · Electoral districts · Electoral system · Parties contesting (see full list) · MPs who stood down · Fraud and violence · Members elected
Issues and developments
Gezi Park protests · 2013 government corruption scandal · Solution process · Murder of Özgecan Aslan · Economy · Gülen Movement · Soma mine disaster · Presidential system · Censorship · Syrian Civil War · Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant · European Union · Siege of Kobanî · MİT lorries scandal · Reyhanlı bombings · Kurdish riots · HDP rally bombing · Merkez Türkiye
Results
Party		Votes	%	MPs
	AKP	18,867,411	40.9%	258
	CHP	11,518,139	25.0%	132
	MHP	7,520,006	16.3%	80
	HDP	6,058,489	13.1%	80
	Others	2,199,198	4.7%	0
Total		46,163,243	100.0%	550
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The following article documents the issues and developments that have formed the basis of the political campaigns and the news agenda in the run-up to the June 2015 general election and the November 2015 general election.

The election was held at a time when Turkey's human rights record was facing increased domestic and international scrutiny, particularly from the European Union. The AKP's commitment to human rights has thus also come under doubt, with the governments of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ahmet Davutoğlu both presiding over controversial curbs on civil liberties since 2011. Following proposals to limit rights to protest after the Autumn 2014 Kurdish riots, critics accused the government of turning Turkey into a police state. A long-time ban against headscarves in the civil service was abolished in 2013.

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