Vedle AKP se na politickém nebi nově zjevila i prokurdská HDP (Lidová demokratická strana) a začala ohrožovat Erdoğanovy ambice, mimo jiné i tím, že její zástupci a lídr Selahattin Demitras často vystupovali v médiích.
But Doğan came under pressure before the June 7 election, wherein AKP's ambitions to dominate the next parliament were undercut by the arrival into the legislature of pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP). In the run-up to the vote, the group provided air time to members of the HDP and its leader Selahattin Demirtaş.