A woman casting her vote

14 July 2007

Following Turkey's July 2007 elections everything is set for the incoming Erdogan government – and Turkey's next president, most likely the 'Islamic Calvinist' and current foreign minister Abdullah Gül – to renew reform efforts directed at EU membership.

This section offers some background information on post-election Turkey, including biographies of new faces in Turkey’s leading political party, the AKP; information on women in the new Turkish parliament; information on the current constitutional reform debate, set to grow in intensity in the coming months; and some good texts on Turkey that we recommend as background reading.

1. Election results - interesting facts about the elections
2. New faces in AKP
3. Women in the new parliament
4. Constitutional reform debate
5. Other recommended background reading