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Turkey’s far-right leader calls for debate on Öcalan’s legal status amid peace talks

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has called for a public debate on the legal status of jailed Kurdistan...
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Poll shows İmamoğlu leading Erdoğan by 16 points in potential presidential runoff

İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, would have a significant lead over President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a hypothetical second-round presidential election, leading him by...
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Jailed İstanbul mayor dares Erdoğan to call early elections: report

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, jailed for nearly a year while awaiting trial on corruption charges he denies, challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to call...
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A hardliner? Critics cite signals of culture war in Erdoğan’s pick for interior minister

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has replaced Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya with Mustafa Çiftçi, governor of northeastern Erzurum province, elevating a career bureaucrat whose record...
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Justice minister appointment confirms political crackdown, says Turkey’s opposition

Fatma Zibak Turkey’s main opposition party has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to appoint Akın Gürlek, İstanbul’s chief public prosecutor, as justice minister confirms...
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Turkey’s CHP rocked by fresh mayoral defection and row with party leader

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been shaken by the resignation of Mesut Özarslan, a district mayor in Ankara, triggering a bitter...
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DEM Party says Turkey’s Syria priorities fueling distrust in peace efforts

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has accused Turkey's government of prioritizing its military and political agenda in Syria over domestic...
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Turkey takes step toward prosecution of 10 opposition MPs, including party leader

The Turkish government has taken a step toward allowing criminal cases against 10 opposition lawmakers, including the head of the country’s main opposition party,...
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AKP founder rejects father-to-son succession as Bilal Erdoğan gains visibility

A founding member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has publicly rejected the idea of father-to-son succession, questioning whether President Recep Tayyip...
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İstanbul’s jailed mayor is ‘fighting for justice’ MEP says

İstanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, is "fighting for justice," a member of the European Parliament said Friday after visiting him in prison, where he...
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Former main opposition lawmaker among 3 switching to AKP amid criticism

Three lawmakers elected from opposition lists in Turkey’s 2023 general election, including a former member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), joined...
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Poll shows jailed İstanbul mayor leading Erdoğan by 16 points

A new opinion poll shows jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu leading President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by about 16 percentage points in a hypothetical presidential...
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