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Meral Akşener
The ambitious, troubled İstanbul mayor taking on Erdoğan
İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to fight for a democratic revolution after initially being stripped of his victory over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's...
Turkish opposition party leader plans to meet with Syrian President Assad
Meral Akşener, leader of the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, plans to meet with President Bashar al-Assad in Syria to talk about ensuring the...
AKP gov’t may be having talks with jailed PKK leader: opposition chair
Nationalist İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has said she heard rumors of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government starting new talks with...
Yet another opposition leader in Turkey vows to send Syrian refugees back home
Another leader from a nationalist Turkish party, the İYİ (Good) Party, has vowed to send the Syrians who have taken refuge in Turkey back...
Turkey’s nationalist İYİ Party rules out alliance with pro-Kurdish HDP
Leader of the nationalist İYİ (Good) Party Meral Akşener has ruled out a possible alliance with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), saying her...
Poll shows Erdoğan falling behind his potential rivals in vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has far less support than two of his potential rivals in a presidential election, the results of a public...
Opposition urges Erdoğan to hold snap election amid worsening economy
Leaders of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and its ally, the nationalist İYİ (Good) Party, have called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Shop owner detained for ‘Kurdistan’ remark to opposition leader in SE Turkey
A shop owner has been taken into custody for using the word "Kurdistan" to describe the region he lives in during an exchange with the...
Opposition leader faces 2nd verbal attack after Erdoğan’s praise for first one
Turkey’s nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener came under verbal attack as she was addressing locals in Sivas province, the second attack...
Erdoğan praises attack on opposition leader, threatens more of the same
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the people of his hometown of Rize taught an opposition leader who paid a visit there last...
Erdoğan sues opposition leader over Netanyahu comparison
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against an opposition leader seeking TL 250,000 ($30,000) in damages for remarks likening him to...
Opposition slams Erdoğan for weak reaction to Biden’s genocide recognition
Turkey’s opposition leaders have criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over what they say was a feeble reaction to US President Joe Biden’s recognition of...