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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...

Far-right party members to replace pro-Kurdish party in monitoring Turkey’s overseas voting

Turkey’s top election authority has decided that members from the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will replace representatives from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Kılıçdaroğlu slams Erdoğan for produce price hike, vows increased purchasing power if elected

Turkey’s main opposition leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the high price of onions, promising to increase...

Resurgence of Turkish socialism: cracks between TİP and HDP could jeopardize the future of the left

Bünyamin Tekin After the release of Vladimir Lenin’s 21 conditions for admitting members to the Communist International (Comintern), socialist organizations became highly factionalized, and in...

Shots fired near CHP İstanbul headquarters in suspected attack, investigation underway

Shots were fired near the headquarters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul branch on Thursday at 4 a.m. local time, in...

Pro-Kurdish party declines to present oral defense to top court in act of protest

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the subject of a closure case, has decided not to present an oral defense at the Constitutional Court...

Erdoğan rival’s prayer rug faux pas sparks debate

A photo showing presidential candidate and main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu stepping on a prayer rug with his shoes on has triggered a debate...

Erdoğan embarks on his toughest election test yet

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan travels to the heart of Turkey's earthquake disaster zone on Friday to formally kick off the toughest election campaign of...

Green Left Party vows in election manifesto to build ‘strong local democracy’ in Turkey

The Green Left Party (YSP), under whose banner the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) will run in the parliamentary elections slated for May 14,...

Erdoğan ratchets up public spending to woo disenchanted voters as elections approach

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has unleashed a wave of public spending in recent months to win back support from disenchanted voters ahead of...

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