Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul on Friday in support of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan’s chief political rival – who was detained on Wednesday, just days before he was to be formally named as a candidate in Turkey’s 2028 presidential election. The protestors marched despite a warning that authorities will crack down on “street terrorism”.
Its still up to Erdogan to decide
There exists plenty of ways to push for an early election. Easiest way I can see is resigning around 30 parliament members; which according to the law starts an early party election.
I didn’t know that, thanks for this. Is it likely to happen though, or are the parliament members in AKP all true loyalists?
They do not need AKP at all to trigger an early election this way. Even parties like HDP and IYI have 30 parliament members, CHP is the leading opposition party so definetly can. Typically using this response without any reason will make the party lose votes, so it is reserved for emergencies.
However, this is an emergency situation. CHP can use this method at any time, however visualising the support before doing so could help a lot with the votes.
fantastic context, thanks