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Turkey’s main opposition leader reiterates desire to run for president in 2023
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said he will stand as a candidate in Turkey’s next presidential election in 2023...
[OPINION] Following COVID-19 and overshadowed by Ukraine: France’s presidential election
Ali Dinçer*This Sunday, the French will cast their ballots for the first round of their presidential election, which comes after Emmanuel Macron’s turbulent, five-year-term...
Erdoğan can’t run for president again if election is held as scheduled: opposition leader
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot legally run for a third...
Erdoğan looking for ways to change ’50+1′ rule to be re-elected president
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been expressing negative opinions about a constitutional requirement...
Young woman arrested for insulting Atatürk and Erdoğan
A 19-year-old woman in Turkey’s western province of Uşak was arrested on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of...
[UPDATE] University who rector says obeying Erdoğan is religious obligation resigns
The rector of a university in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, who has said it is fard, the Islamic term for a religious...
Former TRT cameraman given suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges
Binali Erdoğan, a cameraman who used to work for the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), has been given a suspended jail sentence of...
Erdoğan’s job approval falls to 44.5 percent, with 46.7 percent not approving
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s job approval fell to 44.5 percent in August, while the disapproval rate increased to 46.7 percent, according to a...
Saturday Mothers ask for appointment with Turkish president
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives who have been seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody...
[ANALYSIS] So far opinion polls only deepen uncertainty of Turkey’s elections
As of Thursday, because only 10 days remain until parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, there will be a blackout on publishing the results...
President Erdoğan officially becomes AKP member
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday signed a membership form and once again joined the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party...
[VIDEO] Turkish schoolgirl wants to be president, change constitution, reinstate death penalty
An 11-year-old schoolgirl said during an interview after receiving her first term report card that she wants to become the president of Turkey in...