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title: "Felicity Party leader Arıkan responds to alliance question"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-felicity-party-leader-arikan-responds-alliance/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-19
updated: 2026-09-19T18:51:35.155Z
category: politics
sources: 1
agreement: single-source
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# Felicity Party leader Arıkan responds to alliance question

According to Sözcü, Mahmut Arıkan stated that governing alone is impossible due to the 50%+1 requirement, necessitating cooperation; regarding the People's Alliance, he noted he is not categorically opposed to coming together.

## Who is in this story

- [Mahmut Arıkan](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mahmut-arikan/) — People
- [Felicity Party](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/saadet-partisi/) — Parties
- [People's Alliance](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/cumhur-ittifaki/) — Other
- [Sözcü](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/sozcu/) — Media

## News sources

- [Altılı Masa'daki bir partiden Cumhur İttifakı sinyali](https://www.sozcu.com.tr/altili-masa-daki-bir-partiden-cumhur-ittifaki-sinyali-p359759) — Sözcü (opposition) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-saadet-partisi-lideri-arikan-ittifak-sorusuna/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-felicity-party-leader-arikan-responds-alliance/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-lider-partii-saadet-arykan-otvetil-vopros/

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