Turkish Parliament Adjusts Seating After New Party Formation

Turkey's Grand National Assembly (TBMM) has implemented a new temporary seating arrangement in its General Assembly hall following the establishment of the YENİ Party. This change brings the total number of political party groups in parliament to seven.

The new configuration places the YENİ Party adjacent to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will now sit between the Peoples' Democratic Party (DEM Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş finalized the temporary seating plan after consultations with officials from the YENİ Party and the CHP. In a written statement to the parties, Kurtulmuş emphasized the need for a revised seating order due to the increase in represented political groups. Until a decision is made by the Speaker's Council, the new arrangement will be in effect, allocating one of the two front rows previously used by the DEM Party to the CHP group.

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There is a need to re-determine the seating arrangement in the General Assembly due to the number of political party groups represented in the TBMM increasing to 7.