Statements from opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener and Kurdish issue-focused Democratic People’s Party’s (HDP) imprisoned former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş on September 13 strengthened the possibility that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s competitor in the critical 2023 presidential elections will be main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. “The decision will be made
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