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Turkish gov’t removes Kurdish mayor from office 2 months after his election

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the co-mayor of Hakkari from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), and replaced...

Nationalist opposition party continues to bleed members

Another nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party lawmaker has resigned from the party, which has seen a growing exodus of members since last year, mainly...

Terrorist attacks would stop if jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş were released: former CHP chairman

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former leader of Turkey’s Republican People's Party (CHP), said Tuesday that terrorism would end if imprisoned Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş were...

Erdoğan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suffered a loss in his approval rating, which has dropped below 40 percent, in line with his party’s...

Demirtaş: Erdoğan’s Kurdish nemesis condemned to prison

Languishing behind bars since 2016, Selahattin Demirtaş has waged a relentless battle against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while profoundly expanding the national appeal...

Investigation launched into Kurdish mayor on terror charges

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a mayor from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in eastern Turkey on allegations...

İstanbul mayor slams Europe for Gaza, refugee policies during Europe Day event

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu criticized Europe's refugee policy and its lack of adequate response to the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza...

Turkey’s main opposition rules out potential rift in party over presidential candidacy in 2028

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has announced that he won’t insist on running for the presidency in...

1.3 mln AKP voters supported main opposition party in local elections: Metropoll

Over 1.3 million supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voted for the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the March...

Islamist opposition leader says he will step down due to poor health

Temel Karamollaoğlu, leader of Turkey's Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), announced in a live television interview on Friday that he would step down for...

Erdoğan meets main opposition leader after 8 year hiatus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Özgür Özel, leader of the country's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), on Thursday, in a rare...

Erdoğan’s push for a new constitution: Speaker of parliament visits main opposition leader

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş has initiated consultations with political parties on the drafting of a new constitution with a visit to the main...

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