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Kılıçdaroğlu signals purge in CHP after court reinstates him as leader

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, reinstated as chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) by a controversial court ruling last week, has said the party...

Turkey blocks 93 social media accounts for alleged ‘provocative’ posts after CHP court ruling

Turkish authorities have blocked access to 93 social media accounts accused of making “provocative” posts and attempting to create “social chaos” following a controversial...

Another CHP mayor detained in western Turkey as crackdown on opposition escalates

Turkish gendarmes on Tuesday detained the mayor of İzmir’s Güzelbahçe district and four other people as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party backs ousted opposition chairman after police raid on CHP headquarters

A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) visited Özgür Özel, the ousted leader of the main opposition, in parliament...

Unpaid loans sent to debt collectors jump 68 percent in Turkey in a year

The amount of unpaid loans being handled by Turkey’s debt collection companies rose 68 percent in a year to 132 billion lira, a sign...

Looming Armenian elections put rapprochement with Turkey at stake

Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election has become a vote on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s efforts to normalize relations with Turkey through border openings, railway...

9 CHP members arrested in probe linked to annulled party congress

Nine members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been arrested in an investigation into alleged irregularities at the party’s 2023 congress,...

Jailed İstanbul mayor blames Erdoğan for CHP takeover, calls former party leader a ‘puppet’

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Sunday accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of being behind the court-ordered takeover of Turkey’s main opposition party and...

Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...

Erdoğan reverses order to close liberal İstanbul university after protests

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reversed his decision to close a liberal private university in İstanbul after protests by students and faculty...

Turkey joins regional call as US, Iran seek to finalize deal to end Middle East war

Turkish representatives joined Middle Eastern leaders and Pakistani officials in a call with US President Donald Trump as Washington and Tehran sought Sunday to...

Human Rights Watch says Turkey damaging democracy as CHP members detained

Human Rights Watch said on Saturday that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was undermining democracy through “abusive tactics” against the main...

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