Baku, Azerbaijan, May 8
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Bloody events in the Middle East, as well as in a number of Arab countries, forced Turkey to go to early parliamentary and presidential election, Turkish foreign policy expert Fatih Oztosun told Trend.
The expert noted that the "army" of terrorists concentrated in recent years in neighboring Arab countries, in particular, in Iraq and Syria, is a threat not only for these countries, but also for Turkey.
The expert also stressed that as a result of military clashes in Syria, as well as in Iraq, millions of residents of these countries arrived in Turkey as refugees.
The expert said, along with this, the West, including the United States supported PYD and YPG terrorist groups in Syria, which primarily was a threat to Turkey's national security.
"In the current very difficult situation, the Turkish authorities could not wait for the end of the year for the parliamentary and presidential election, and decided to hold early election. And this decision, of course, is strategically justified", - said Oztosun.
The presidential and parliamentary election in Turkey will be held on June 24 this year.
In the parliamentary election held in Turkey on November 1, 2015, the AKP party won 49.41 percent of the votes, the People's Republican Party (CHP) - 25.38 percent of the votes, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) - 11.93 percent, the Democratic Party of Peoples (HDP) - 10.7 percent of the votes.
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