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PKK says peace legislation must include Öcalan’s release, senior leaders

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said Monday that planned legislation for Turkey’s renewed peace process must secure the release of its imprisoned leader,...

Ousted CHP leader Özel eyes new party as legal options narrow

Özgür Özel, the ousted leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said Wednesday that his allies could begin the formal process of...

DEM Party co-chair says crackdown on CHP is sabotaging Kurdish peace process

The continuing crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is undermining public support for a renewed effort to resolve the country’s decades-long...

Ousted CHP leader urges NATO allies not to see Erdoğan gov’t as Turkey’s only voice

Ousted main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel has urged NATO allies meeting in Ankara not to treat President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...

Senior PKK figure says narrow law on laying down arms could deepen deadlock in Turkey’s peace process

A senior figure in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has urged Ankara to adopt legal measures to protect Turkey’s new peace initiative, warning...

Özel-led party would rank first if CHP split, survey shows

A possible new party led by ousted main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel would rank first in a hypothetical parliamentary election...

Former Erdoğan economy chief seeks new alliance to challenge Turkey’s ruling party

Ali Babacan, a former economy chief under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who later broke with him, has said his Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA)...

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...

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