The proposal was offered by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and was approved by deputies of the AKP, the MHP and the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on April 20 following speeches from the parties’ deputy group chairs.

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) boycotted the vote, saying it is ready for the election but stressing that it does not approve the “forced” snap election decision.

Opposition voices have said the date of June 24 is unfairly early and a fair election will not be able to be held properly.

Speaking at parliament, CHP Deputy Chair Engin Altay also criticized the fact that the election will be held under state of emergency rule, saying the election is “not an early election but a hasty early election.”

“[President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan and [MHP leader Devlet] Bahceli have used their right for a euthanasia,” Altay also vowed.

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