Third alliance enters the fray ahead of Turkish elections
Source:Al Monitor Date:27Sep2022
My hat tipped off to Al Monitor for an excellent analysis of how a third coalition could affect election dynamics
A third political alliance has been announced for Turkey’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, leaving observers wondering about its potential impact on what was previously a two-horse race.
The Labor and Freedom Alliance is a coalition of six left-wing parties, with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) by far the dominant element with 56 lawmakers in the Turkish Grand National Assembly as Turkey’s third biggest parliamentary party.
The Workers’ Party of Turkey (TIP) is the next largest with four legislators in parliament, while the other groups — the Labor Party, the Social Freedom Party, the Labor Movement Party and the Socialist Assemblies Federation — have no parliamentary representation.