The outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) organized a bombed attack on a police station in the Southern Province of Mersin on September 26, prompting further questions as the investigation unveils. The terrorist attack was prevented by 48-year-old police officer Sedat Gezer, who was shot and murdered during the clashes as two militants attempted to enter
Türkiye has become dependent on Russia for energy with natural gas and President Tayyip Erdoğan has surrendered in every field, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said after Russia’s Rosatom announced that they terminate the agreement with Turkish company İçtaş Energy for the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mediterranean coast
Two noticeable events took place over the weekend in Türkiye, President Tayyip Erdoğan held an “opening ceremony” slash “rally” in ruling AKP’s stronghold city Kayseri and main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held public meetings in AKP’s another stronghold city Balıkesir. What was noteworthy was not the events, but the to crowd they spoke to
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Türkiye’s six-party opposition alliance leaders convened for the fifth time in a meeting, Kurdish issue-focused HDP re-elected its co-leaders in the party congress. The opposition parties’ agenda focuses on forming a program to secure the public confidence in next elections to be held against President Erdoğan. The HDP’s stance for the six-party opposition depends on
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul Provincial Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu’s party membership was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office after her 4 years prison sentence was upheld by the upper court in May. Main opposition’s popular politician Kaftancıoğlu was sentenced to 9 years in 2019 for 5 different
President Tayyip Erdoğan, who lectures everyone on politics taken the moral high ground, asked main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 10 questions in his speech in which he defamed his political opponents with expressions such as “slut” and “rotten” in his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliamentary group meeting. CHP leader
The main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) popular Istanbul officials are under pressure of trials and political bans as Turkey is nearing the 2023 elections. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, whose rising popularity often put his name on the top of the list for the candidates against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Presidential race, was