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Over 13 pct of AKP voters supported main opposition in local elections: Ipsos poll

The results of an Ipsos survey conducted after the March 31 local elections in Turkey have revealed that 13.3 percent of ruling Justice and...

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate Turkey’s trade with Israel

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the...

Erdoğan promises change within his party to win back declining public support

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to objectively assess the results of the local elections held on March 31 in which his ruling...

AKP lawmaker under fire for lavish meal in Monaco during economic downturn

A lawmaker from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is facing criticism from members of her party as well as opposition politicians for...

Turkey’s main opposition leader postpones visit to Palestine due to ‘latest developments’

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has announced the postponement of a visit to the de facto Palestinian...

Election authority dismisses main opposition’s fraud allegations in Hatay

Turkey’s top election authority, the Supreme Election Board (YSK), has rejected objections filed by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) alleging election fraud...

Turkish nationalist leader Akşener calls it quits after election defeat

Meral Akşener, leader of the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, has decided not to seek re-election to party leadership following blame for the party’s...

Kurdish mayors take office pledging to undo legacy of trustees

Mayors who were elected from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in the local polls on March 31 are taking office...

Kurdish politician officially assumes office in eastern Turkey after days of unrest

Abdullah Zeydan, a pro-Kurdish party candidate who won a landslide victory in Sunday’s local election in eastern Van province but was initially denied the...

Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Kurdish mayor’s political rights

One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party challenges overturning of candidate’s election victory

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday it was contesting a ruling that annulled the election of its mayoral candidate in the eastern province of Van...

Kurdish mayor denied mandate despite winning landslide victory in eastern Turkey

A Kurdish politician who won the local election in Turkey’s eastern province of Van with a landslide victory on Sunday has been denied the...

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