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1.3 mln AKP voters supported main opposition party in local elections: Metropoll

Over 1.3 million supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voted for the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the March...

Islamist opposition leader says he will step down due to poor health

Temel Karamollaoğlu, leader of Turkey's Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), announced in a live television interview on Friday that he would step down for...

Erdoğan meets main opposition leader after 8 year hiatus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Özgür Özel, leader of the country's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), on Thursday, in a rare...

Erdoğan’s push for a new constitution: Speaker of parliament visits main opposition leader

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş has initiated consultations with political parties on the drafting of a new constitution with a visit to the main...

Nationalist İYİ Party elects controversial figure as new leader

Turkey’s nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party elected Müsavat Dervişoğlu, the party’s deputy group chairman and a controversial figure with alleged ties to a former...

İYİ chair Akşener bids farewell as party elects new leader after defeat at the polls

Meral Akşener, head of the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, bid farewell to her role as party leader in an emotional speech at Saturday’s...

Erdoğan snubs Islamist party leader at tea he hosted in parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan refused to invite the leader of an Islamist opposition party to a tea he hosted for the leaders of...

Turkey again discusses prospects of closure of a pro-Kurdish party

Even before the conclusion of a closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the predecessor of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM...

AKP loses more voters, main opposition support on the rise, new poll shows

The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey as a single-party government since 2002, would have had a decreased nationwide vote...

Actions of some opposition mayors feared to fuel anti-refugee sentiment in Turkey

A number of newly elected mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) are raising concerns about the prospects of the already widespread...

Over 13 pct of AKP voters supported main opposition in local elections: Ipsos poll

The results of an Ipsos survey conducted after the March 31 local elections in Turkey have revealed that 13.3 percent of ruling Justice and...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate Turkey’s trade with Israel

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the...

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