This In Focus note provides a summary of the Turkish parliamentary elections which took place on 7 June 2015.
Parliamentary Elections in Turkey, 2015 (82 KB , PDF)
On Sunday 7 June 2015, parliamentary elections were held in Turkey. According to preliminary results, the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost its majority in the Grand National Assembly for the first time in 13 years. The election result was widely seen as a rejection of the AKP’s plans to replace the existing parliamentary system with one in which more powers are concentrated in the presidency. The election was also seen as a success for the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), which won 80 seats after fielding candidates for the first time.
Parliamentary Elections in Turkey, 2015 (82 KB , PDF)
While international attention has largely been focused on the Middle East and Ukraine, the civil war in Sudan continues. The UN has characterised the conflict as the “world’s largest hunger crisis”. As peace negotiations stall, concerns are rising not only for the people of Sudan but also about the conflict spreading to neighbouring states.
This briefing provides a summary of a recent report by the international children’s rights charity Save the Children entitled ‘Stop the war on children: Let them live in peace’, as well as UK government policy in this area. It has been prepared ahead of Baroness Anelay of St Johns’ (Conservative) upcoming debate on 12 September 2024 on the government’s assessment of the impact of international conflict on children and the recommendations proposed in Save the Children’s report.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill seeks to allow the UK government to treat the CPA and the ICRC in a manner comparable to international organisations of which the UK is a member. This status change would allow the government to confer certain privileges and immunities on the two organisations. A previous version of the bill was introduced in the 2023-24 parliamentary session.
![Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 3 of 2024-25](https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Foreign-Policy-VIGs-568x426.jpg)