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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’...

Turkey’s mayoral race kicks into high gear as parties announce more candidates

With less than three months remaining until Turkey’s local elections on March 31, the mayoral race in the country is shifting into high gear...

Survey shows İmamoğlu ahead of AKP mayoral candidate in İstanbul

İstanbul’s incumbent opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is leading the polls by more than three points against the mayoral candidate of the ruling Justice and...

Opposition cancels rally over killing of Turkish soldiers in Iraq

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Özgür Özel announced that a rally planned for Sunday in Ankara to protest defiance of top court...

Demirtaş calls on Erdoğan, nationalist politicians to discuss ‘democratic autonomy’ for Kurds

Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and nationalist party leaders to discuss on live television “democratic autonomy” for...

İstanbul vote to send Erdoğan a message of democracy, İmamoğlu says

Opposition İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu said in an interview with Reuters on Monday that local elections in March will deliver a message to President...

4 public surveys show İmamoğlu winning against AKP’s mayoral candidate

The nomination of a former environment minister by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as his party’s İstanbul mayoral candidate for the local elections on March...

Erdoğan nominates former environment minister to win back İstanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday nominated a former environment minister to run for mayor of İstanbul and avenge the worst political defeat of...

Main opposition leader dismisses rumors of rift with party member İstanbul mayor

Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has firmly rejected rumors of a rift between him and popular CHP member...

Erdoğan calls football crisis in Riyadh an attempt at ‘sabotage’ targeting Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described a recent crisis in Riyadh over the last-minute cancellation of the Turkish Super Cup final due to...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party faces growing pressure from nationalist parties

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is facing pressure and attacks from nationalist parties, with their leaders questioning the party’s legitimacy...

Tensions run high in Turkish politics over killing of 12 soldiers in Iraq

Turkey’s ruling party, its far-right ally and the main opposition party have been engaged in a war of words and accusations following the recent...

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