Explainer: can the İyi Parti run in the 2018 Turkish election?
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Explainer: can the İyi Parti run in the 2018 Turkish election?
Turkey’s new centre-right movement may fall foul of rules for recently-founded political parties
Will they be allowed inside?
That is the question asked of the İyi Parti, or Good Party, after Turkey suddenly called a snap election for 24 June.
Six months after a group of MHP rebels finally formalised their movement, many have been asking whether it may fall foul of complicated rules that suggesting it must have held its first congress at least six months before an election.
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