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CHP nominates its current mayors for İstanbul, Ankara municipalities

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has decided to renominate the current mayors of İstanbul and Ankara, who ended years-long Justice and Development...

Opposition party leader announces support for İmamoğlu in local vote

Muharrem İnce, leader of the Homeland Party, has announced that his party will support Ekrem İmamoğlu for İstanbul mayor in the local elections scheduled...

Pro-Kurdish party drops acronym HEDEP, adopts abbreviation DEM

The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party dropped its acronym, HEDEP, and adopted the abbreviation "DEM" after Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals last month refused...

Former minister urges ban in politics for 65+ including Erdoğan

Erdoğan Bayraktar, a former minister of environment and urban planning, has indirectly called for the dismissal of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, advocating for...

Turkey’s opposition fractures ahead of March polls

Turkey's main opposition party lost a crucial ally Monday in its bid to form a united front against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling coalition...

In a first, Kurdish mayors removed from office are reinstated

The co-mayors of a district in a predominantly Kurdish province in eastern Turkey who had been removed from office earlier this year have been...

Opposition mayor under investigation for insulting memory of Ottoman sultan

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into the opposition mayor of the western city of İzmir on accusations that he insulted the Ottoman...

Turkey’s opposition parties against Erdoğan’s plan to simplify presidential elections

Leaders of opposition parties in Turkey have voiced objections to plans by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to amend the Constitution to make the election...

Main opposition leader says his party planing to take humanitarian aid to Palestine

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel said on Tuesday that his party had initiated diplomatic efforts to travel to Palestine at...

Erdoğan’s nationalist ally against easing absolute majority rule in presidential elections

The leader of a far-right party who is also an election ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed his objection to Erdoğan’s plans...

Nationalist opposition in Turkey continues to bleed members after May election defeat

Turkey's nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party faces a growing exodus of members, highlighting internal fractures and challenges within the party in the aftermath of...

Turkey’s far-right party leader calls for closure of top court over judicial crisis

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, has called for either closure or restructuring of the country’s...

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