ISTANBUL, November 2 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Nearly 40 million Turks will go to the ballots on Sunday, November 3 to vote in the early parliamentary elections to choose 550 parliamentarians from amongst ten thousand nominees representing eighteen different parties.

Turkish analysts expect that 85 per cent of the Turks will take part due to the clarity of the aims and objectives of the parties, which was shown to the public during a series of interviews with the Turkish media.

The polls show that the three large parties in the government, the Democratic Left Party, the Nationalist Action Party and the Motherland Party will face a heavy defeat, while the Islamic Justice and Development Party will be victorious.

The Justice and Development Party will present itself as a secular party, supporting the programs of the International Monetary Fund and for inclusion of Turkey in the European Union. However, several civil, secular, military establishments fear that the party may in fact be preparing in secrecy a program that is in favor of the Islamic movement in Turkey.

The Turkish Army has conducted three coups ever since 1960 and in 1997 was successful in toppling the first Islamic government in the country, only one year after it took power, forcing the Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan to resign before curbing the activities of the Welfare party which he led.

It wasn’t clear yet, whether he will receive a majority, which would allow him to create a government or whether he will resort to putting together a coalition government.

There are four main ideologies for the 18 participating parties:

1. The Western Classical parties: which include the Motherland Party headed by Masood Yalmaz and Straight Path Party chaired by Tansu Chillar as well as some new parties that participate for the first time in elections; chief among them are the Liberal Democratic Party led by Bseem Tubouk, the Nation's party headed by ex-interior minister Saad El-Din Tantan and the Youthful party chaired by Cem Ozaan, a businessman about whom many scandalous rumors are circulated.

2. Leftist and socialist parties (some of which are communist): including the Socialist Democratic party (Premier Bulent Acevit's party), the People's Republican Party led by Denis Baikal, which is the first party organized by Mostafa Kamel, founder of the Turkish Republic, the New Turkey party chaired by ex-foreign minister Ismail Cem, the Labor party of communist tendencies headed by Doghu Bernigk and the Turkish Communist party that participates for the first time in elections.

3. National parties including the Nationalist Movement party headed by Doulat Bahgly. The party won second place in the previous elections preceded only by the Socialist Democratic Party. There is also the Dahab party, which is a Kurdish national party participating in the elections for the first time. The party is accused of representing the political façade of the Kurdish Armed Movement that seeks separation under the leadership of Ogalan. The party is expected to exceed the 10% ratio necessary for parliament representation.

4. Parties of Islamic tendencies, including Justice and Development Party headed by Ragab Taeb Ardoghan and Happiness Party headed by Ragaie Qutan that are branched from Welfare party led by ex-prime minister Necmettin Erbakan. There are also several small parties of Islamic tendencies, including Neutral Turkey party that participates in elections for the first time and is headed by Dr. Heidar Bash and Major Unity party led by Mohsen Yazhy Oghlo, whose leaders represented the Islamic wing in the National Movement party several years ago.