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Nationalist İYİ Party elects controversial figure as new leader

Turkey’s nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party elected Müsavat Dervişoğlu, the party’s deputy group chairman and a controversial figure with alleged ties to a former...

İYİ chair Akşener bids farewell as party elects new leader after defeat at the polls

Meral Akşener, head of the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, bid farewell to her role as party leader in an emotional speech at Saturday’s...

Erdoğan snubs Islamist party leader at tea he hosted in parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan refused to invite the leader of an Islamist opposition party to a tea he hosted for the leaders of...

Turkey again discusses prospects of closure of a pro-Kurdish party

Even before the conclusion of a closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the predecessor of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM...

AKP loses more voters, main opposition support on the rise, new poll shows

The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey as a single-party government since 2002, would have had a decreased nationwide vote...

Actions of some opposition mayors feared to fuel anti-refugee sentiment in Turkey

A number of newly elected mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) are raising concerns about the prospects of the already widespread...

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...

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