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 date of the elections has been officially announced as May 14, 2023 and the election process has begun. We have less than two months ahead of us. Now that the presidential candidates have been selected, the next step is to prepare and submit the parliamentary lists to the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK). Let us
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
The most striking aspect of the Common Policies Consensus Document (CPCD) announced by the opposition parties’ Table of Six on January 30, 2023, is perhaps the fact that “law, justice and judiciary” ranked first, “public administration” second and “anti-corruption, transparency and audit” third in the list of common policies. This shows that the six leaders,
Türkiye’s opposition alliance that is called Nation Alliance (The Table of Six) announced the Common Policies’ Consensus Text on Monday, January 30, 2023. The 244-page text composed on 9 different sections detailing the opposition alliance’s future program if they would win the upcoming election. This article will focus on the Economy, Finance, and Employment section.
Türkiye’s six party opposition block held their 11th meeting on January 26, falling short of meeting high expectations with their joint declaration. The opposition cooperation that is often called the “Table of Six” has been regularly meeting since last February pledging to instate a “strengthened parliamentary regime” against the current “presidential governmental system,” which was
One of the most prominent questions in Turkish public debates about the upcoming 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey is undoubtedly who will be the presidential candidates. Even though President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has not yet announced his candidacy, his name is almost certain for his People’s Alliance. When it comes to the opposition,
“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