Istanbul MP

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters for the first time in 18 years on June 11 to meet with the main opposition leader Özgür Özel.

This visit follows Özel's earlier meeting with Erdoğan at the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters on May 2, marking the first such interaction between the AKP and CHP leaders since 2016.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to visit main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel on June 11.

The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the CHP headquarters, as announced by Communications Director Fahrettin Altun.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will reciprocate a visit to the Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters after main opposition leader Özgür Özel visited the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) office recently.

The İYİ (Good) Party has found itself grappling with escalating internal strife as resignations continue to mount following its recent decision to field its own candidates in all constituencies for next March's mayoral election and subsequent disputes.

Tension rose at the Turkish Parliament on June 9 while MPs were discussing a law proposal on "night watchmen" as lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ended up engaging in fisticuffs.

The CHP started a strike to slow down a voting session to protest the withdrawal of Istanbul MP Enis Berberoğlu's parliamentary status.

Mahmut Tanal, an Istanbul MP from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has slammed the German customs police for questioning him rigorously and asking him how much money he had despite carrying a diplomatic passport.

Jailed main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul MP Enis Berberoğlu has rejected President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's claim that he wants to blame CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for having a role in the espionage case that Berberoğlu was imprisoned for.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu was arrested on the order of the government, CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, describing the arrest "as the most concrete evidence" of judicial interference by the executive power in Turkey. 

Footage of Ahmet Türk, the ousted and jailed mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, being brought to hospital in the eastern province of Elazığ has stirred debate among social media users and politicians due to accusations he was restrained in handcuffs despite his severe health condition. 

Police on Dec. 26 detained Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy head, Aysel Tuğluk, in Ankara, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Tuğluk was detained early in the morning by counter-terrorism police as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the agency said.