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Survey shows AKP mayoral candidate ahead of İmamoğlu in İstanbul

The mayoral candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a former minister, is leading the polls by over one point against İstanbul’s...

Main opposition CHP heavyweight resigns from party ahead of March local elections

Gürsel Tekin, a main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) heavyweight, has resigned from the party, accusing it of having “drifted away from its Kemalist...

Former footballer enters mayoral race in quake-stricken Hatay

Amid public outrage over the renomination of a controversial mayor in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) nominated a...

Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife decides not to run for mayor of İstanbul

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, has announced that she will not file an application to run as a mayoral...

Erdoğan backtracks on remarks about delivery of services based on political preference

Amid mounting criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan due to his recent remarks hinting that the government may withhold support to municipalities run by...

Erdoğan’s radical Islamist ally meets with Hamas leader

The leader of the radical Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR), the political arm of Kurdish Hizbullah and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Pro-Kurdish party to nominate own mayoral candidate in İstanbul

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish opposition party on Sunday said it would field a candidate in March's mayoral election for İstanbul, which could boost the chances...

CHP draws ire for nominating controversial figure tied to pro-AKP businessman in İzmir

 The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has attracted criticism from within the party and outside of it due to its nomination of a...

DAVA executives in Germany deny being an ‘offshoot’ of Erdoğan’s party

Two executives from a Turkish-Islamist political association in Germany that is in the process of establishing a party named Demokratische Allianz für Vielfalt und...

Report about Erdoğan-affiliate party in Germany leads to alarm

A report by the German Bild am Sonntag newspaper about the establishment of a Turkish-Islamist party in Germany close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Turkey’s nationalist opposition party fields own candidate for İstanbul mayor

The nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party has named a candidate for mayor of İstanbul, posing a new challenge to the city’s incumbent mayor from...

Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife considers running for mayor of İstanbul

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, has said she may consider running for mayor of İstanbul if the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

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