Deniz Baykal

Ahmet Türk, the ousted co-mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, has paid a visit to former leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Deniz Baykal, in Ankara. 

Türk visited Baykal, who is currently a CHP lawmaker from the southern province of Antalya, to express appreciation for the latter's visit to his family during his arrest.  

The reason why President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is so insistent on shifting Turkey to a presidential system of governance is because he is afraid of being prosecuted and therefore wants to "secure his own future," main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

Deniz Baykal, a veteran politician and former head of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not to approve the constitutional amendments package for the sake of Turkey's future, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 31

Beneath the constitutional amendment package lies the fear of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker has said, as he linked their anxiety to the June 7, 2015 general elections.

Deniz Baykal, the former chair and deputy of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is "making a mistake" with his push for a new constitution that would shift Turkey to a presidential system. 

The situation in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya is that its tourism is quiet, but its politics is vivid and loud. 

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has touched off controversy within his party after honoring arrested journalists who were arrested after the July 15 coup attempt but who were alleged to have aided the infamous Ergenekon and "Balyoz" (Sledgehammer) plots.

When Deniz Baykal, the former chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), heard that Ahmet Türk, the co-mayor of the Syria border city of Mardin, had been taken into police custody on Nov. 21, he immediately decided to go to Mardin to talk to Türk in solidarity. 

The ousted mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, was arrested on "terror" charges on Nov. 24, becoming the latest Kurdish politician to be arrested.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has completed an investigation into an intelligence network by the Gülen Movement, under the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, within the police which wiretapped and placed secret cameras at the residences of a number of victims between 2008 and 2012.