The Turkish Cypriot press gives extensive coverage today (08.06.15) to the results of the general elections held yesterday in Turkey.
Daily Kibris newspaper refers to the issue under the banner front page title “Coalition period in Turkey” and reports that the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey alone for the past 13 years, came first in the elections, but it could not achieve the number of 276 Deputies needed for establishing a government alone. The paper notes that it is the first time after three general elections that the AKP cannot establish a government alone.
Under the banner front page title “Stop to the dictator”, daily Afrika reports that Turkey “turned back from the verge of a disaster” and that the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) passed the threshold and “put an end to the 13-year long monopoly of AKP’s rule”. According to the paper, a coalition or an early election are the choices seen on the horizon. It also notes that “the attention now is on the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and that the results were “the beginning of the end” for President Erdogan.
Daily Havadis covers the issue under the banner front page title “Earthquake in Turkey” and publishes statements made by the leaders of the main political parties after the results were known.
Daily Yeni Duzen uses the title “’Peace’ came out from the ballot” and notes that the “one man’s rule lost”. The paper reports that the people did not approve President Erdogan’s demand for changing the regime to a presidential system. Describing as “very important” HDP’s passing the threshold in the elections, the paper writes that after the elections all parties announced that they have achieved a victory. According to Yeni Duzen, the distribution of votes for the Turkish elections in the occupied area of Cyprus was the following: AKP 38.06%, Republican People’s Party (CHP) 26.10%, HDP 19.13%, MHP 13.62% and others 3.09%.
Under the banner front-page title “Big shock for the AKP”, daily Halkin Sesi reports that the AKP “suffered a huge hemorrhage” as its percentages decreased from 49.95% in 2011 to 40.70% in 2015.
Daily Bakis refers to the results under the title “AK Party became first for the fourth time”, while Volkan uses the title “Towards a coalition government”. Vatan, on the other hand, notes that Turkey’s new agenda is “what kind of coalition” will be established.
Ortam refers to the issue under the title “Coalition period”, while Kibris Postasi notes that coalition will be established after 13 years. Yeni Bakis, on the other hand, writes that “the 13 year-long hegemony ended”.
Daily Gunes covers the issue under the title “Turkey was locked up in the elections”, while Diyalog refers to “three different scenarios” after the elections. These are: 1) Coalition between AKP and MHP, 2) Coalition between CHP, MHP and HDP and 3) Early elections.
Daily Detay reports that “Turkey made its choice, the presidential system [is left] for another time”.
Meanwhile, All Turkish dailies cover in their front-pages the results of the Turkish parliamentary elections held yesterday in Turkey. Following are the titles:
-Sabah: “Ballot boxes with no party coming into power”. The paper publishes the results of the elections and writes that in spite of the fact that the AKP has lost votes, it is again the first party, while the HDP has achieved to pass the threshold.
-Hurriyet: “Three possibilities!”. The paper reports that after the election results in Turkey, no party has won the majority of the votes in order to be able to establish a single-party government and thus three scenarios are on discussions. The first one is the establishment of a coalition government with CHP, MHP or HDP and the AKP to be in the leadership. The second scenario, is the establishment of a minority government with the precondition that early elections will follow within a period of a specific time and the third scenario is the President to ask for the elections to be repeated in case that it will not be possible to establish a “Council of Ministers” within the timetable of the 45 days as the Constitution envisages.
-Milliyet: “The first change after 13 years for the AKP”
Zaman: “The nation said enough to the authoritarianism and the prodigality of the presidential palace”
Cumhuriyet: “New political map in Turkey. Who was elected and who hasn’t?”