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Police forces in Istanbul and nearby cities have launched calculated drug raids, detaining dozens and seizing large amounts of drugs and chemicals Aug. 7-8, in an attempt to diminish the rising use of synthetic drugs in Turkey’s cities.

Hundreds of Istanbul police conducted raids in several Istanbul districts, aided with the support of helicopters.

The Alevi Foundations Federations, which comprises of more than 900 associations, have declared their public support to Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu for the upcoming presidential election on Aug. 10, following their growing discontent with the prime minister’s sectarian rhetoric.

Presidential hopeful Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has said his candidacy was “a national agreement project,” adding the country would not stand a “regime crisis,” as it has been facing other such crises, such as the judicial crisis.

The excessive rise in housing prices in Istanbul despite a property boom concerns sector representatives, who warn against a real estate crisis that may spill over to other cities, a new Economic Outlook report released by the main opposition party has said.

There is no clear separation between the Turkish government’s activities and the election campaign on the side of the government, says Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens from the OSCE The gap between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s election campaign for the presidency and his activities as the current prime minister is vague, according to the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operati

Turkey’s prime minister has claimed the main opposition party is putting the lives of the 49 Turkish hostages in Mosul at risk through their provocative statements, in response to their criticism of the government’s stance on remaining silent over the issue.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is “using” his family to better his career.

“Erdoğan would use anything to better his career,” Kılıçdaroğlu said during a televised interview late Aug. 5.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sparked a fresh debate while trying to defend himself for labeling his opponents according to their minority religious or ethnic identity.

The election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the presidency will cause severe troubles to Turkey, the leader of the main opposition has said, stressing that his ethnic and sect-based policies would further drag the country into the Middle East quagmire.

The main opposition party has submitted a motion of no confidence against Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on the basis that he has failed to fulfill his responsibilities over the Turkish hostage crisis.