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CHP chairman likely to be named opposition bloc’s presidential candidate

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chair of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is likely to be nominated as the presidential candidate of an opposition...

Elections will be held as scheduled, Turkey’s opposition leader says

Turkey’s main opposition leader has said the country will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections as scheduled this year and that postponing the vote...

Concerns rise as Turkey debates postponing elections for a year amid earthquake recovery

Debates in Turkey over whether the government can postpone elections scheduled for June as the country grapples with the aftermath of two major earthquakes that...

Earthquake disaster brings ‘serious difficulties’ for Turkish elections in May: report

The devastating scale of Monday's earthquake in southern Turkey poses "serious difficulties" for elections planned for mid-May, a Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday. This...

Deadly earthquake puts Erdoğan under pressure in May polls

The stakes could hardly be higher for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Just three months before the biggest test of his political career, a massive...

Poll shows Turkey’s opposition bloc edging ahead of Erdoğan’s alliance

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Public Alliance, which includes his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the far-right Nationalist Movement Party...

HDP asks top court to conclude its closure case after elections

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which is the subject of a closure case, has submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court requesting that...

Turkey’s bickering opposition seeks unity against Erdoğan

On the face of it, the timing could not be better for Turkey's fractured opposition to end President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's two-decade grip on...

Babacan again says could run for presidency with support of opposition bloc

Ali Babacan, leader of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), has once again stated that he would run for president in the 2023...

Erdoğan reaches ‘preliminary agreement’ with far-right ally to hold elections on April 30: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reached a “preliminary agreement” with his ally Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), to...

Main opposition continues to bleed voters, majority of Turks against Erdoğan’s re-election: poll

Support for Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) continued to decline, while 51.9 percent of Turkish voters are against the re-election of President...

İstanbul mayor claims gov’t launched terror probe as part of attack on opposition-run municipality

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has alleged that an investigation into staff at the Istanbul Municipality for alleged links to terrorist organizations is part of...

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