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Parliamentary candidate from Green Left Party arrested on terrorism charges

A parliamentary candidate from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) has been arrested on terrorism-related charges after being targeted by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman...

Opposition parties, Kılıçdaroğlu remain silent on mass detention of Kurds despite int’l condemnation

Turkey’s opposition parties and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of six parties, have remained silent on the detention of...

Green Left Party parliamentary candidate detained after being targeted by interior minister

A parliamentary candidate from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) has been detained on terrorism-related charges after being targeted by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman...

Erdoğan’s escalating crackdown on Kurds amid looming elections

Bünyamin Tekin "Why did we get involved in this if it had no benefit for us?" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly asked as he watched...

President Erdoğan slams LGBT community, accuses opposition of undermining the family

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and opposition parties of being pro-LGBT and undermining the family, the Stockholm Center...

Far-right presidential candidate criticized for downplaying China’s repression of Uyghurs

Sinan Oğan, a far-right presidential candidate representing a bloc of four parties, is experiencing a backlash for suggesting that China's treatment of its Uyghur...

Erdoğan slams Kılıçdaroğlu for vowing to release Demirtaş, refers to jailed leader as ‘terrorist’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized one of his rivals, presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, for vowing to release jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş...

HDP’s Paylan says lack of Armenian parliamentary candidate is a shortcoming

The sole Armenian member of the Turkish parliament, Garo Paylan, who will not be running for a seat in the legislature again, has described...

Jailed Kurdish politician says voting for İnce the same as voting for Erdoğan

Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), has said he sees no difference in voting for current President Recep...

In the pouring rain, Kılıçdaroğlu vows ‘return of spring’ under his presidency

Facing a sea of umbrellas in the steady rain, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the Turkish opposition's challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in next month's elections, smiles...

Tough-talking Erdoğan lashes ‘imperialist’ West in his election manifesto

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday condemned "global imperialists" and played up Turkey's might as he unveiled his Islamic-rooted party's manifesto in next month's...

Gender gap in Turkish parliament to remain, parties’ candidate lists reveal

The parliamentary candidate lists of 26 political parties for the May 14 general election have revealed that the gender gap in the Turkish parliament...

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