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Opposition lawmakers call for extraordinary session to restore status of jailed MP

Opposition lawmakers in Turkey have submitted a petition calling for an extraordinary session of the legislature to restore the parliamentary status of a jailed...

Parliament faces growing pressure to restore jailed opposition MP’s status

The Turkish legislature is facing growing pressure to restore the parliamentary status of an opposition lawmaker whose incarceration led to a judicial crisis after...

Turkey’s ex-interior minister seeks removal of parliamentary immunity amid allegations of mafia links

Turkey’s former interior minister Süleyman Soylu, who is currently a lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has requested to have his...

Turkey’s opposition party reveals amount of municipal debt inherited from AKP, ally

In the wake of the threat of a financial crackdown on opposition-run municipalities from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party...

Survey shows lowest public support for Erdoğan’s party since it came to power in 2002

Public support for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has hit its lowest level since the party came to power in 2002, currently standing...

Main opposition leader’s push for rapprochement is seen as submission to Erdoğan

The continued efforts of Özgür Özel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to promote political “normalization” with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...

Turkish parliament closed to visitors during talks on stray dogs bill

The Turkish parliament will not accept visitors between July 26 and 29 during which a controversial bill on the management of the country’ stray...

Turkish opposition leader accuses gov’t of staging ‘financial coup’ against municipalities

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has accused the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of attempting to...

Successor says Erdoğan left $1.5 million municipal debt behind as İstanbul mayor

Ali Müfit Gürtuna, a former mayor of İstanbul, has said he took over the municipality from his predecessor and current president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Erdoğan to target opposition municipalities with debt collection

Amid fears that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan might take measures and exert financial pressure on opposition-run municipalities to prevent them from providing municipal services...

Nationalist İYİ Party left with 32 seats in parliament after exodus of MPs

The nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party has been left with 32 seats in the Turkish parliament  after 11 lawmakers from the party resigned mainly...

Far-right Erdoğan ally accuses main opposition of ‘jeopardizing national security’

Far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, an ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Tuesday accused the main opposition Republican People's...

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