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We squandered chance to topple ErdoÄŸan in May: CHP leader

The leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) openly admitted that mistakes made by the country’s opposition coalition could have cost them...

ErdoÄŸan still has hand to play after election bruising

Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's opponents may have celebrated Sunday's local election hammering of the Turkish president as if they'd unseated him, but the "reis," or...

Opposition defeat of ErdoÄŸan redraws Turkey’s political map

Turkish opposition candidates and voters on Monday celebrated inflicting a stinging defeat on President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's party in municipal elections. "You know how it...

Nationalist parties bled voters in local polls after toned-down rhetoric

Support for both Turkey’s ruling-party ally and nationalist opposition parties saw a significant decline in Sunday’s local elections following a campaign marked by less...

DEM Party victorious in much of Turkey’s SE despite claims of voter fraud

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) emerged victorious in Turkey’s local elections on Sunday, winning a dozen municipalities in Turkey’s predominantly...

Erdoğan’s AKP suffers historic defeat in Turkey’s polls, CHP leading party after decades

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has suffered its worst election defeat since coming to power two decades ago,...

Ä°stanbul’s ambitious mayor deals a new blow to ErdoÄŸan

Ekrem Ä°mamoÄŸlu's third convincing victory in the Ä°stanbul election looks set to propel him into the running for the 2028 presidential vote. The football-loving 52-year-old,...

‘This is only the beginning’: Turkish opposition celebrates

Opposition supporters on Sunday filled an Ä°stanbul square to celebrate the re-election of Ekrem Ä°mamoÄŸlu as mayor, who dealt a third blow to President...

New Islamist party emerges as rising star for conservative voters in Turkey’s elections

Turkey’s March 31 local elections not only produced surprising results for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has suffered its worst defeat...

ErdoÄŸan concedes ‘turning point’ for party after local elections defeat

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan on Sunday acknowledged that Sunday's results from local elections had marked a "turning point" for his party but promised...

Allegations of voter fraud in predominantly Kurdish SE mar Turkey’s local elections

Members of a pro-Kurdish party, locals and observers have claimed that a large number of law enforcement officers and soldiers who are not registered...

Ä°stanbul top prize as Turkey votes in local elections

Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday for municipal elections, with all eyes on Ä°stanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan...

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