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We have been experiencing a “new Turkey” since the beginning of this week. A “new Turkey” in which president-elect Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is destined to become the sole decider for both the future of the ruling party and the country.

The results of the Aug. 10 presidential election give politicians two important messages:

No, it was not a fair presidential election from many perspectives…

Two of Turkey’s opposition parties Aug. 13 gave support to two mothers who demanded the cancellation or delay of their sentences to prevent their children from being jailed with them.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has responded defiantly to a group of party dissidents who called on him to resign due to the results of the presidential election, which they labeled a fiasco.

A female opposition deputy’s fiery speech at Parliament has triggered a new social media protest in Turkey, with hundreds of women expressing anger at male dominance by sharing photos of their shoes and slippers.

Parliament’s General Assembly has voted to extend its work until Aug. 21, upon a proposal by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

This is not the first postponement of Parliament’s recess. With the latest postponement, the ruling party aims at completing deliberations over an omnibus law including measures on more than 170 articles on different topics.

Controversy surrounding the legitimacy and legality of President-elect and PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s refusal to resign from his posts as ruling party leader and prime minister has grown further, as the main opposition has appealed to the top prosecutor’s office to take action before the ruling party’s extraordinary convention scheduled for Aug. 27.

With Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu’s votes at around 38.4 percent in the presidential election, opposition groups within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have started voicing their criticisms and calling for a party congress. Additionally, for the first time in four years, the resignation of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been demanded.

Rumblings of discontent in the CHP come into the open, as dissidents call on Kılıçdaroğlu step down over the party’s failure in the presidential poll

Dissidents in the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have called on Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to resign and hold an extraordinary convention in protest at the presidential election results in which the party leadership nominated a conservative elitist instead of a social democrat figure for the presidency.