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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has made a public call for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to continue his political journey, countering recent remarks by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader suggesting that upcoming elections would mark the "finale" for his career.

The Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) has finalized the order of political parties on the ballot papers for March 31's local elections.

The announcement follows the withdrawal of one party and the rebranding of another.

A team of election watchdogs led by the Supreme Election Council (YSK) chair will conduct inspections of cities affected by last year's devastating earthquake in preparation for the mayoral polls scheduled for March 31, local media reported yesterday.

Supreme Election Council (YSK) head Ahmet Yener has declared that 36 political parties have been granted approval to participate in the upcoming local elections scheduled for March 31.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on March 28 said his party will enter the elections with its emblems and candidates but not as part of the joint list of the People's Alliance.

"The MHP will certainly achieve the success it deserves, and longs for, with three crescent emblems and valuable parliamentary candidates in all electoral circles," he tweeted.

Türkiye's cross-border incursions into Syria and Iraq have put pressure and immobilized the illegal PKK group and these operations will continue, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 23.

An attempt to organize a rally later this week in Istanbul by Turkey's anti-vaxxers has faced a strong backlash from experts who label the event as "a daring challenge to public health."

Organizers dub the event "Great Awakening," which is scheduled for Sept. 11 in Istanbul's Maltepe district, and they have been running a campaign for the rally on social media for some time.

Turkey's parliament on March 17 revoked the seat of an opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker.

The action came in light of a court ruling on Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, which was read out in parliament.

Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont will not respond to the Spanish government's request to clarify what the declaration of independence signed Tuesday evening by regional authorities actually means, said Rasson, quoted by TASS.

Addressing his Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) branch members in his Black Sea hometown of Rize on Aug. 7, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said the 2019 elections will be "difficult" and stressed that the party organization should work even harder.