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Turkey’s main opposition leader criticizes European allies over ties with Erdoğan

Özgür Özel, the chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has criticized Europe’s leading center-left parties for maintaining close ties with President...

Erdoğan’s son says stronger support for his father could have stopped Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Bilal Erdoğan, the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said Israel would not have been able to carry out what he described...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally sees Öcalan as key interlocutor in peace process, ousted mayor says

Turkey’s far-right leader, Devlet Bahçeli, a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, sees jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan as a...

Erdoğan quietly acquitted in corruption case dating back to his time as İstanbul mayor

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been quietly acquitted in a long-running corruption case stemming from his tenure as mayor of İstanbul, despite enjoying constitutional...

CHP insists İmamoğlu remains presidential candidate despite legal pressure

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), which has been under a legal crackdown for more than a year, has reiterated that jailed İstanbul...

Erdoğan joins backlash as Özel’s Stockholm syndrome remark sparks dispute with pro-Kurdish party

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has joined the political backlash against main opposition leader Özgür Özel after a reference he made to the “Stockholm syndrome”...

Demirtaş denies claims he has softened stance toward Erdoğan, insists he will leave prison ‘with honor’

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denied claims made by former parliament speaker Bülent Arınç implying that he had softened his stance toward President...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally vows to visit jailed PKK leader himself if lawmakers avoid trip

Devlet Bahçeli, the head of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Tuesday he...

Main opposition leader says gov’t now targets his party after years of pressure on Kurds

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), says the Turkish government has replaced its old focus on cracking down...

Main opposition leader among 12 MPs facing removal of parliamentary immunity

Turkey’s parliament on Friday received 18 summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the immunity of 12 lawmakers, including main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally says releasing Kurdish politician Demirtaş would be ‘beneficial for Turkey’

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said the release...

Ousted Kurdish mayor calls on AKP gov’t to end trustee policy in address to CoE

Abdullah Zeydan, the ousted mayor of Van from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has urged Turkey to end its controversial...

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