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Controversial mayor expelled from Turkey’s main opposition party

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has expelled from its ranks a controversial mayor known for his anti-refugee discourse and calls for a...

Turkey’s top court rejects application seeking release of jailed MP

Turkey's top appeals court has denied an application requesting the release from prison of an opposition lawmaker from the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP),...

İstanbul mayor faces fresh charges of insulting AKP mayor

İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was convicted of insulting election authority officials in December, is now facing charges of insulting a district mayor...

İmamoğlu announces website for public comment on overhaul of CHP

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), the first person pushing for a major overhaul of the CHP following...

Pro-Kurdish HDP to run in major cities for 2024 local elections, in departure from 2019 strategy

The Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) announced on Friday its intention to field mayoral candidates in major cities in elections scheduled for March 31,...

Nationalist leader slammed for aggressive stance against ally CHP in congress speech

Meral Akşener, the leader of Turkey's nationalist opposition Good (İYİ) Party, has come under fire for an aggressive speech she gave at a party...

İmamoğlu slams CHP leaders for prioritizing system over individuals in approach to change

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), who is pushing for a major overhaul of the CHP following a...

İstanbul mayor signals need for change in CHP leadership after defeat

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), who is pushing for a major overhaul of the CHP following a...

CHP sees increasing calls for change in party leadership after election defeat

Leading figures within the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) are sending strong signals of an imminent and dramatic transformation within the party, including...

Belgium’s first headscarf-wearing MP lands in Erdoğan’s cabinet as the only female minister

Fatma Zibak Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, a dual Turkish-Belgian citizen who in 2009 became the first headscarf-wearing lawmaker in a Belgian parliamentary assembly, was appointed a...

Controversial spy chief takes helm of Turkey’s foreign ministry

Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and a controversial figure whose tenure has been marked by allegations of torture, enforced...

Erdoğan’s new cabinet seen as attempt to soften his authoritarian image

The new cabinet recently announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, featuring professionals with more moderate profiles than their predecessors in key positions, has...

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