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DEM Party asks UNESCO to investigate violations of linguistic rights in Turkey

Co-chairpersons of the pro-Kurdish Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have in letter called on the UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, to send...

Erdoğan caused Kurds the greatest suffering, veteran Kurdish politician says

Ahmet Türk, a veteran Kurdish politician, has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stands as the political leader responsible for inflicting the greatest hardship...

CHP decides to keep controversial mayor of quake-hit city in mayoral race

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has decided to keep a controversial mayor who is blamed for the devastation caused by 2023 earthquakes...

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...

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