People's Party

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said his party could form a coalition with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) after the June 7 elections, on the condition that they embrace an independent media and judiciary.

The governor of ??rnak said a pack of mules allegedly used for smuggling and found dead in the southeastern province were not killed, but rather had jumped off a cliff after being startled by the sound of gunshots, according to a main opposition party deputy who went to the province to investigate the incident.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has criticized both Pope Francis and the European Parliament for recognizing mass killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide, saying that such moves will not help the reconciliation between Turks and Armenians.

An award-winning journalist was briefly detained on April 15 in a case stemming from one of her recent reports that allegedly "slandered" someone, according to Turkish media.

Zeynep Kuray, a journalist at daily BirGün, was visiting her father in Ankara's Sincan Prison together with her sister and Revolutionary People's Party (DHP) chairman Celal Özcan when she was detained.

The provisional candidate lists for Turkey's upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections were announced on April 15, finalizing the review process of the candidacy lists submitted by the country's political parties to the Supreme Election Board (YSK).

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an has said the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) should call on outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants to leave Turkish cities and not restrict the free will of the people in a recent interview.

Catherine Day, Secretary-General of the European Commission (EC), has argued that potential changes to Bulgaria's Constitution should not come at the expense of the speed of judicial reform.

The reason for the growing international tendency to recognize the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide is the Sunni Islamist policy pursued by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a senior main opposition party leader has claimed. 

In the "Kurdish opening" of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government something rather odd has been happening lately. At first there were some nationalist outbursts from the president and his handpicked prime minister, which were reminiscent of the 1990s.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) officially launched its campaign for the June 7 general elections on April 11, holding its first rally in Istanbul.

Speaking at the rally, CHP leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu said his party is ready to solve all the problems Turkey is facing.