28th Parliament of Turkey
28th Parliament of Turkey | |
|---|---|
| 2 June 2023 – current | |
| Speaker(s) | Numan Kurtulmuş, AKP |
| Deputy Speakers | Bekir Bozdağ, AKP Tekin Bingöl, CHP Celal Adan, MHP Pervin Buldan, DEM |
| MPs | 600 |
| Election | 14 May 2023 |
| Status | AKP minority government (with support from MHP, HÜDA PAR and DSP) |
| Parties (at start) (Composition shown above) | |
| Parties (at end) | |
| Presidents | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Government(s) | 67th |
The 28th Parliament of Turkey was elected at the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election.[1] It succeeded the 27th Parliament of Turkey in May 2023. The 600 members, elected through proportional representation from 87 electoral districts of Turkey, are shown below.
Composition
| Party | Elected | Current | Change | Current structure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice and Development Party | 268 | 273 | 5 | ||
| Republican People's Party | 169 | 135 | 34 | ||
| Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party | 61 | 56 | 5 | ||
| Nationalist Movement Party | 50 | 47 | 3 | ||
| Good Party | 43 | 29 | 14 | ||
| New Path | 0 | 22 | 22 | ||
| New Welfare Party | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Free Cause Party | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Workers' Party of Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Democratic Regions Party | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Labour Party | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Future Party | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Democrat Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Felicity Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Democratic Left Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Total | 600 | 592[2] | 8 | ||
Changes
Changed parties due to electoral alliance
| Member | Before | After | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Önder Aksakal | Justice and Development Party | Democratic Left Party | ||
| Serkan Ramanlı | Free Cause Party | |||
| Şehzade Demir | ||||
| Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu | ||||
| Faruk Dinç | ||||
| Sadullah Kısacık | Republican People's Party | Democracy and Progress Party | ||
| Sadullah Ergin | ||||
| İdris Şahin | ||||
| Burak Dalgın | ||||
| Ertuğrul Kaya | ||||
| Elif Esen | ||||
| Hasan Karal | ||||
| Evrim Rızvanoğlu | ||||
| Mustafa Yeneroğlu | ||||
| Medeni Yılmaz | ||||
| Seda Kaya Ösen | ||||
| İrfan Karatutlu | ||||
| Selma Aliye Kavaf | ||||
| Mehmet Emin Ekmen | ||||
| Cem Avşar | ||||
| Mustafa Nedim Yamalı | Future Party | |||
| Serap Yazıcı Özbudun | ||||
| Cemalettin Kani Torun | ||||
| Sema Silkin Ün | ||||
| Selim Temurci | ||||
| İsa Mesih Şahin | ||||
| Doğan Demir | ||||
| Mustafa Bilici | ||||
| Hasan Ekici | ||||
| Selçuk Özdağ | ||||
| Mesut Doğan | Felicity Party | |||
| Şerafettin Kılıç | ||||
| Mehmet Atmaca | ||||
| Necmettin Çalışkan | ||||
| Birol Aydın | ||||
| Mustafa Kaya | ||||
| Bülent Kaya | ||||
| Mahmut Arıkan | ||||
| Hasan Bitmez | ||||
| Mehmet Karaman | ||||
| Cemal Enginyurt | Democrat Party | |||
| Haydar Altıntaş | ||||
| Mehmet Salih Uzun | ||||
| Ahmet Ersagun Yücel | Good Party | |||
| Mustafa Sarıgül | Party for Change in Turkey | |||
| Salihe Aydeniz | Green Left Party (The party later changed its name to the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party.) | Democratic Regions Party | ||
| Keskin Bayındır | ||||
| Sevda Karaca Demir | Labour Party | |||
| İskender Bayhan | ||||
| Mithat Sancar | Peoples' Democratic Party | |||
| Pervin Buldan | ||||
Switched parties
- Mustafa Sarıgül (TDP → CHP)
- Mithat Sancar (HDP → DEM)
- Pervin Buldan (HDP → DEM)
- İdris Nebi Hatipoğlu (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar (DEM → DBP)
- Salihe Aydeniz (DBP → DEM)
- Suat Pamukçu (YRP → Independent → AKP)
- Ayşe Sibel Yanıkömeroğlu (Good Party → Independent → CHP)
- Aykut Kaya (Good Party → Independent → CHP)
- Seyithan İzsiz (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Ahmet Ersagun Yücel (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Bilal Bilici (Good Party → Independent → CHP)
- Nimet Özdemir (Good Party → Independent → CHP)
- Dursun Ataş (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Ümit Özlale (Good Party → Independent → CHP)
- Mustafa Nedim Yamalı (Future Party → Independent → AKP)
- Ertuğrul Kaya (DEVA → SAADET)
- Mehmet Emin Ekmen (DEVA → SAADET)
- Ali Fazıl Kasap (CHP → SAADET → CHP)
- Kürşad Zorlu (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Selma Aliye Kavaf (DEVA → Independent → CHP)
- Cemal Enginyurt (DP → Independent → CHP)
- Mehmet Salih Uzun (DP → Independent → CHP)
- Serap Yazıcı Özbudun (Future Party → Independent → AKP)
- Mehmet Selim Ensarioğlu (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Ünal Karaman (Good Party → Independent → AKP)
- Adnan Beker (Good Party → Independent → CHP)
- Hasan Ekici (Future Party → Independent → AKP)
- Seda Kaya Ösen (DEVA → Independent → CHP)
Became independent
- Ümit Dikbayır (Good Party) | Became independent after being fired from the party[3]
- Koray Aydın (Good Party)
- Ediz Ün (CHP)
- Hasan Basri Sönmez (MHP)
- İsmail Akgül (MHP)
- Mustafa Demir (MHP)
- Mustafa Yeneroğlu (DEVA)
- Burak Dalgın (DEVA)
- Cem Avşar (DEVA)
- Evrim Rızvanoğlu (DEVA)
Those who resigned from their parties and returned
- On December 10, 2023, Nationalist Movement Party MP Saffet Sancaklı announced that he resigned from his party.[4] He returned to MHP on April 15, 2024.[5]
- Elected in the 2023 general elections as an Ankara MP from the İYİ Party, Yüksel Arslan resigned from the party on December 21, 2023 following the decision of then İYİ Party Chairwoman Meral Akşener to enter the 2024 local elections without an alliance[6] and returned to the İYİ Party on April 9, 2025.[7]
Establishment of a joint group between the Felicity Party and the Future Party
On 6 July 2023, 10 deputies from the Future Party (Mustafa Nedim Yamalı, Serap Yazıcı Özbudun, Cemalettin Kani Torun, Sema Silkin Ün, Selim Temurci, İsa Mesih Şahin, Doğan Demir, Mustafa Bilici, Hasan Ekici and Selçuk Özdağ) agreed to establish a joint group in the parliament with the Felicity Party.[8]
On 16 December 2023, CHP member Ali Fazıl Kasap joined the Felicity Party so they could keep their parliament group after the death of one of their members.[9]
Establishment of a joint group between Felicity Party, Democracy and Progress Party and Future Party
| Member | Before | After | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birol Aydın | Felicity Party | New Path | ||
| Bülent Kaya | ||||
| Cemalettin Kani Torun | ||||
| Sema Silkin Ün | ||||
| Doğan Demir | ||||
| Mustafa Bilici | ||||
| Hasan Ekici | ||||
| Selçuk Özdağ | ||||
| Ertuğrul Kaya | ||||
| Mehmet Atmaca | ||||
| Mehmet Karaman | ||||
| Mehmet Emin Ekmen | ||||
| Mesut Doğan | ||||
| Mustafa Kaya | ||||
| Necmettin Çalışkan | ||||
| Serap Yazıcı Özbudun | ||||
| Şerafettin Kılıç | ||||
| Cem Avşar | Democracy and Progress Party | |||
| Elif Esen | ||||
| Hasan Karal | ||||
| İdris Şahin | ||||
| İrfan Karatutlu | ||||
| Medeni Yılmaz | ||||
| Sadullah Ergin | ||||
| Sadullah Kısacık | ||||
On January 10, 2025, 17 MPs from the Felicity Party and 8 deputies from the Democracy and Progress Party united in New Path to establish a common group in the parliament.[10]
Those who did not join the New Path group
- Mahmut Arıkan (SAADET)
- Selim Temurci (SAADET → Future Party)
- İsa Mesih Şahin (SAADET → Future Party)
- Evrim Rızvanoğlu (DEVA)
- Seda Kaya Ösen (DEVA)
Death of Members
- On 12 December 2023, Felicity Party deputy Hasan Bitmez suffered a heart attack during a parliament meeting. He died two days later, on 14 December.[11]
- On 3 May 2025, DEM Party deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder died at Florence Nightingale Hospital where he was being treated for multiple organ failure.[12][13]
Unable to begin their duties
The Hatay deputee for the Workers' Party of Turkey, Can Atalay is currently imprisoned due to his suspected involvement in the Gezi Park protests and is therefore unable to take part in the parliament.[14] Can Atalay lost his MP status on January 30, 2024 due to his imprisonment.[15]
Resigned from their duties
- Burcu Köksal (CHP)
- Abdurrahman Tutdere (CHP)
- Ahmet Önal (CHP)
- Hasan Baltacı (CHP)
The listed MP's have resigned from their positions following the 2024 Turkish local elections in which they have emerged victorious in their respective cities.[16]
- Murat Kurum (AKP) | Resigned after being appointed as Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change.[17]
Members
Notes
References
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- ^ "İYİ Parti Ankara Milletvekili Yüksel Arslan istifa etti - Sözcü Gazetesi". Sözcü (in Turkish). 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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- ^ "Karamollaoğlu ve Davutoğlu Meclis kulisinde vekillerle bir araya geldi". Milli Gazete (in Turkish). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "CHP MP switches over to Felicity Party after death of Bitmez to uphold parliamentary group". Duvar English. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "TBMM'de çatı parti birlikteliği: Yeni Yol Partisi kuruldu". VOA Türkçe (in Turkish). 10 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Turkish MP dies after suffering heart attack in parliament". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Sırrı Süreyya Önder hayatını kaybetti". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Sirri Sureyya Onder, major politician in Türkiye, dies at 62". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Lawmaker Can Atalay, elected from TIP remains imprisoned". Duvar English. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Can Atalay loses MP status". Bianet. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "26 isim belediye başkan adayı olmuştu… 4 milletvekili yerel seçimlerden galip çıktı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2 April 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Kabinede iki bakan değişti: Mehmet Özhaseki'nin yerine Murat Kurum, Fahrettin Koca'nın yerine Kemal Memişoğlu atandı". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 1 July 2024. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Justice Minister says MP Can Atalay's case outside scope of parliamentary immunity". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2023-06-10.