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Lira crisis gives Turkish opposition chance to challenge Erdoğan

Turkey's currency crisis has cut into the popularity of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, handing the opposition a golden opportunity to finally challenge the long-time...

Jailed Kurdish leader urges opposition to call on AKP to resign over lira crisis

Imprisoned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has urged Turkey’s opposition leaders to jointly call on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to resign over...

Opposition slams Erdoğan for latest central bank reshuffle via midnight decree

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been harshly criticized by senior opposition figures for once again carrying out a reshuffle of the Turkish Central...

Investigation launched into opposition claims of political assassinations before 2023 elections

A Turkish prosecutor has initiated an investigation into claims recently voiced by senior opposition figures that political assassinations may take place in Turkey as...

Opposition slams Erdoğan for again denying existence of ‘Kurdish problem’

Senior opposition politicians have criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for recently reiterating his argument that Turkey’s so-called Kurdish problem no longer exists since his...

Opposition leader faces 2nd verbal attack after Erdoğan’s praise for first one

Turkey’s nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener came under verbal attack as she was addressing locals in Sivas province, the second attack...

Erdoğan puts blame on opposition municipalities for poor response to wildfires

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has held the metropolitan municipalities run by opposition parties on Turkey’s southern and western coasts responsible for the country’s...

German parliament rejects opposition motions for arms embargo on Turkey

Motions submitted by Germany’s opposition parties to impose an arms embargo on Turkey have been rejected by the federal parliament, Deutsche Welle Turkish service...

News editor for pro-gov’t TV station fired allegedly for reporting on opposition

Turkish television station Kanal D, owned by the pro-government Demirören Media Group, has fired prime-time news editor Mustafa Aşçıoğlu for covering public statements and...

AKP bill requiring security investigation for state employment rejected by opposition

A 16-article bill proposed by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) which stipulates that applicants be required to undergo a security investigation and...

Opposition mayor faces probe over billboards promoting Istanbul Convention

The Turkish Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into Bilecik Mayor Semih Şahin from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), along with others,...

Opposition leaders call Erdoğan’s human rights action plan into question

Turkey’s opposition leaders have expressed doubts about a human rights action plan unveiled by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last week, at a time...

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