Following the devastating losses the Justice and Development Party (AKP) incurred in Turkey's parliamentary elections on June 7, eyes are on the large segment of the Turkish media, which over these past few years have been co-opted by the AKP to promote its ideological agenda and bolster President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political ambitions.
While there were those in the pro-government media who predicted before the polling that there would be a relative decline in support for the AKP, few expected it to lose the parliament majority that has enabled it to rule the country without any encumbrance over the past 13 years.