The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Sunday that no discrepancies were reported during the elections so far. The delegation started its on-site observation in Lieutenant Kalmaz Primary School in capital [ More … ]
Dr Said Elhaj* Millions of Turkish voters are heading to the polls on June 24 to take part in the early presidential and parliamentary elections which are viewed as the most important, sensitive and complicated [ More … ]
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s parliamentary group officially announced on Friday that its candidate for the upcoming presidential elections on June 24 would be Muharrem İnce, its Yalova deputy Muharrem İnce: is a [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu wrapped up his 25-day march from the capital Ankara to Istanbul with a rally on Sunday. Addressing the crowd at the event, he warned that the [ More … ]
CHP’s Enis Berberoglu convicted of making secret information public for espionage by leaking footage of MIT trucks incident. A main opposition party deputy was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday over making secret [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* As of April 17, 2017, Turkey did not only switch to a new system of administration. The constitutional amendment package approved through the April 16 referendum is also leading to direct and indirect [ More … ]
The countdown starts for the Sunday’s key referendum to decide on whether to change the constitution for an executive presidency with a neck to neck race between “nay” and “yea” sayers, but undecided voters may [ More … ]
CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu and MHP’s Bahçeli to meet on Wednesday before second round of voting on constitutional reform package Leaders of the opposition parties, Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have agreed to [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* At times, the current constitutional change process leads to harsh arguments. We should not be too hung up on the harshness of these arguments that sometimes go as far as physical clashes in [ More … ]
The Turkish parliament adopted the fifth article of the new constitutional reform package, amid a brawl amongst deputies after the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) attacked deputies of ruling Justice and Development (AK Party) Party. [ More … ]
BY: Hasan Öztürk* It seems that according to some, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli turning the key once was not enough to open the lock. They are aware the lock has opened, yet [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will meet the leaders of two of Turkey’s opposition parties – the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) – at the Cankaya Palace Monday, their second meeting [ More … ]
– AK Party, CHP, and MHP show determination to preserve common ground on new constitution after defeated coup – Representatives of three of the main political parties represented in parliament gathered for the first time [ More … ]
By: Hasan Öztürk* The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) was there, the Republican’s People Party (CHP) was there and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was also present. Among the parties represented in Parliament, the [ More … ]
– Turkish president says names of martyrs who fought coup attempt will be remembered ‘in golden letters’ – The huge rally to mark the defeat of the July 15 attempted coup was another blow for [ More … ]
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