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ANKARA, July 7-- Up to 600 Turkish lawmakers on Saturday began taking their oath to serve in the new parliament, following the general elections held in June that have shifted more power to the presidency. In the new 600-seat parliament, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has 295 seats, thus needs support from the allied Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) which owns 49 seats, to ensure an overall majority. Opposition lawmakers are from the Republican People's Party (CHP), Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and nationalist Good (IYI) Party. | 
