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Turkey detains 2 CHP mayors as defections to AKP deepen opposition turmoil

Turkish police on Thursday detained two district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the western province of İzmir as part...

Kılıçdaroğlu adopts gov’t narrative, says CHP investigations are corruption probes, not political

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the court-reinstated leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has adopted the government’s narrative on criminal cases targeting the party,...

Former CHP lawmaker joins Erdoğan’s party as opposition faces turmoil, municipal probes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pinned the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) badge on İstanbul lawmaker Nimet Özdemir, who recently resigned from...

Mayor of CHP stronghold İzmir quits party over court-ordered leadership change

The mayor of the western Turkish province of İzmir, long seen as the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) strongest electoral stronghold, resigned from...

Turkey’s main opposition CHP loses 9 lawmakers from party rolls amid leadership fight

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has lost nine lawmakers from its official party rolls after their membership records were deleted from the...

Turkey’s CHP faces fresh leadership fight as ousted chairman pushes new vote

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is headed for a new leadership fight after supporters of ousted party chairman Özgür Özel submitted petitions...

Jailed Erdoğan rival signals formation of new party after ouster of main opposition leadership

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political rival, has signaled that his political camp is prepared to form a new...

CHP leadership rivals cancel parliamentary group meetings to avoid new standoff

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will not hold a parliamentary group meeting this week after rival camps led by Özgür Özel and...

Erdoğan adviser proposes April 2028 vote to allow another presidential run

A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has proposed holding Turkey’s next presidential and parliamentary elections on April 16, 2028, saying a...

Allies of ousted CHP leader quit Party Council in bid to force extraordinary congress

Allies of ousted main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel resigned en masse from the party’s top decision-making body on Thursday in...

DEM Party says CHP court ruling seeks to redesign Turkish politics

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları on Tuesday criticized a recent court ruling that ousted main opposition Republican...

Rival meetings deepen leadership crisis in Turkey’s main opposition CHP

A leadership crisis in Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deepened on Tuesday as ousted party leader Özgür Özel addressed lawmakers in parliament,...

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