Hurriyet

The SHP becomes the newest party in parliament as an AKP deputy and five CHP deputies resigned, Monday. Deputy Mirac Akdogan was the first to resign from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) claiming that the party was governed by a few select individuals dizzy with their own power.
 

The resignations are seen as a healthy shake up showing the Turkish politics is alive, well and still exercising its democratic ways. Akdogan said that AKP had failed to utilize its parliamentary majority in the past two-and-a-half years.