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Mayor of Istanbul’s Şişli Municipality Hayri İnönü and his wife, Nazlı İnönü, gave their testimonies to the Istanbul Public Prosecutor on Dec. 30, 2014 concerning claims that they received threats on their lives by former Şişli Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül.

The deputy mayor of Istanbul’s Şişli district, Emir Sarıgül, resigned from his post on Dec. 19 after a row between himself, his father and former Şişli Mayor Mustafa Sarıgül, and current Mayor Hayri İnönü.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Süheyl Batum has been removed from the party due to a speech he made after the resignation of former CHP deputy Emine Ülker Tarhan.

CHP Eskişehir deputy Batum was removed from the CHP by the party’s High Discipline Board on Dec. 11, over his speech in late October.

Following her resignation from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Emine Ülker Tarhan has founded a new political party.

The move comes two weeks after resigning from the CHP after severely criticizing the party's policies, which she claimed were “detached” from the people and not conducive to it coming to power.

Central Bank Governor Erdem Başçı, speaking amid intense debates about political interference in the Bank, has insisted that the institution is taking its decisions “independently.”