Following an election defeat in 31 March local elections, opposition İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener declared that she would not run for the party leadership at the congress scheduled for April 27 with a surprise announcement on April 8. In her announcement titled “to the Great Turkish Nation…” via the “X” account, Akşener stated, “I
On March 31, Türkiye will once again exercise its democratic right to vote in local government elections. Yet, this election transcends mere local political dynamics; it stands as a pivotal moment shaping the trajectory of Turkish politics at large. In the wake of the May 23 general elections, Türkiye’s political landscape is undergoing significant shifts,
We are heading towards one of the most unfair and unequal elections in our history on March 31st. Despite its being a local elections, its results will have profound effects on Turkish poltical landscape, especially in Istanbul. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to have mobilized the entire state machinery to prevent the re-election of Istanbul’s
Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched the election campaign with the motto “reconquering Istanbul,” it has been clear that the real competition in the upcoming March 31 local elections will be for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Now, with almost a week left until the election, this race is neck and neck. It is
Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu returned to the public sphere 100 days after losing his seat to Özgür Özel, hinting his return to active politics. Visiting small businesses in the OSTIM Industrial Site in Ankara, the previous leader of the main opposition party quoted former President Süleyman Demirel and said: “politics has
The game played at the highest levels of the state has come to the end long expected of it. After a series of forceless actions and decisions contrary to law, at the session of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (TBMM) on January 30, 2024, chaired by one of the deputy & acting Speaker Bekir Bozdağ, the
Since the May 2023 election defeat, Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has grappled with internal conflicts that have taken a toll on the party. However, in addition to this, an unprecedented situation has emerged in Turkish politics: the CHP, not President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), appears to
President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Tayyip Erdoğan took a strategic step and entrusted the local election goal of “Istanbul Again” to former minister Murat Kurum. Kurum was not the candidate most likely to take the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality from the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. For
The legal proceedings surrounding the imprisonment of Can Atalay, a lawmaker from the Turkish Worker’s Party (TİP), have escalated into an acute crisis within the Turkish higher judiciary. On January 3, the 3rd Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals once again resisted the Constitutional Court’s directive to release Atalay from prison, accusing it of
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to announce its candidates for the upcoming local election on December 15. Before the big announcement where all the municipal candidates will be revealed, political traffic has become quite hectic. President Erdoğan had a meeting with New Welfare Party (YRP) leader Fatih Erbakan