As soon as the Table of Six proposed that Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu and Mr. Mansur Yavaş, mayors of İstanbul and Ankara respectively, should be appointed as deputies to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu if he is elected as the President, President Erdoğan’s Legal Advisor Mehmet Uçum tweeted “It is a clear violation of the Constitution for the same
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and opposition’s presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu met with Germany’s ruling partner Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-chair Lars Klingbeil and accompanying delegation in the earthquake stricken province of Gaziantep on March 21. The CHP and SPD leaders emphasized on the devastating effects of February 6 earthquakes that hit
It was a few hours after the New Welfare Party (Yeniden Refah Partisi) leader Fatih Erbakan announced that his political-islamist party refused to endorse the ruling People’s Alliance in the elections after meetings with President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials. Erbakan not only refused to support, but also announced his candidacy for
In recent days, the political earthquakes in Türkiye have unfairly drawn attention away from the deep pain caused by the physical earthquake which shattered countless lives in the affected regions. Now, with elections just around the corner, political agendas are on full display, rife as usual with brazen moves and strategic gameplay. The reasons are
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu spoke harshly about the terror inspection initiated by the Interior Ministry against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, defining the inspection as “conspiracy.” Speaking at his party’s parliamentary group on Jan. 3, Kılıçdaroğlu said that if the government appoints a trustee, the main opposition will consider the situation
“Imamoğlu is a big bite, he sticks in your throat. We would choke you, we will choke you” This is how main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called out Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who said that he could dismiss Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu from his position once the appeals courts would
The leaders of the six opposition parties that have formed an alliance against President Tayyip Erdoğan in the upcoming elections marked the start of their election campaign on December 15 with a large rally in Istanbul in support of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. After the mega city’s mayor was sentenced to prison and faced
The İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was sentenced to 2 years 7 months in prison over false insult charges, and he was barred from engaging political activities in a clearly political case on December 14. As I say it was political, the aim was not only to remove İmamoğlu from politics or eliminate a strong
The Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs, Süleyman Soylu, has been targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for some time now. As he targeted main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) stronghold, İstanbul, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu targeted Soylu in his parliamentary speech on December 5 as if he is regarding him as the soft spot of President
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan began addressing Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), as “Mr. Kemal” (Bay Kemal). By using this condescending tone, he was aiming to evoke an alienating effect on his constituency. The term “Mr.” or “Bay” was also a reference to honorifics introduced during the founding years
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