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The head of Turkey’s state broadcaster has vowed to stop airing Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate and co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), if he continues to accuse the channel of one-sided coverage during live broadcasts of his rallies.

The head of Turkey’s state broadcaster has vowed to stop airing Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate and co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), if he continues to accuse the channel of one-sided coverage during live broadcasts of his rallies.

Presidential hopeful Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has given warm holiday messages over the telephone to his presidential rivals, as well as to the leaders of political parties, outgoing President Abdullah Gül and Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu.

Presidential hopeful Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has given warm holiday messages over the telephone to his presidential rivals, as well as to the leaders of political parties, outgoing President Abdullah Gül and Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu.

Presidential hopeful Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has lent support to the government’s efforts in finding a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question, which includes the possible release of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

With Eid al-Fitr, or "Ramazan Bayramı" in Turkish, fast approaching, the leaders and representatives of all the major political parties in Turkey are still campaigning hard for the upcoming presidential elections on Aug. 10.

Opposition party figures have declared the mass arrest of police officers in an ostensible operation into the “parallel state” to be nothing more than a “revenge operation,” with Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş warning the prime minister over the probe.

The Turkish government has announced that from 2011 to 2013 it spent 209 million Turkish Liras, or nearly $100 million, on health treatments for Syrians who have fled to Turkey from the civil war in their country.

The voting cards for the Aug. 10 Turkish presidential elections were unveiled on July 24. The three presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Selahattin Demirtaş and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu have been placed on the cards from left to right, respectively, as they prepare for Turkey’s first-ever presidential election by popular vote.

A prominent Jewish organization in the United States has asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to return a courage award he received in 2004, following his response to the recent Gaza operations.