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On February 6, TRT Haber dedicated 6 hours and 42 minutes to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP, while only providing 38 minutes to Devlet Bahçeli and the MHP, and a mere 1 minute and 23 seconds to Meral Akşener and the İYİ Party. There was no coverage given to Özgür Özel and the CHP.

The idea of forming the broadest coalition possible to defeat Erdoğan suffered a serious blow in the dual elections in May, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.

Journalist Macit Korkmaz was physically assaulted by the council member while he was filming an argument.

The objection was raised by the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) due to the Koceali MP's previous prison sentence.

Former Erdoğan allies who joined forces with the main opposition party gained over 30 seats in the parliament, far exceeding their actual popular support.

Despite allegations of voter fraud and irregularities that may flip certain seats, the ruling People Alliance likely maintains a parliamentary majority with 322 representatives, while the strategy of the CHP to include members of the table of six under its list did not yield successful results.

As the elections near, the president has resorted to religious and anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric.

President Erdoğan implicitly criticized his political opponents, whose parties have also recently experienced similar attacks, by stating that he was not seeking to gain any advantage from the incident, unlike some others.