Deniz Baykal

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “seems open to all kinds of coalition” formulas, Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker and former party leader Deniz Baykal said after his two-hour meeting with the president on June 10

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an will set off for Baku on June 12 at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart, ?lham Aliyev, to attend the opening of the first European Games.

Turkish President Erdo?an is holding a surprise meeting with Deniz Baykal, the former head of the Republican People?s Party (CHP), on the morning of June 10, before Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu starts talks for a new government following the June 7 general election, official sources have told Hürriyet Daily News.

The election of Turkey?s new parliamentary speaker will be the first area in which possible coalition options will be tested, while discussion on possible candidates from the four political parties in the legislature has commenced. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stayed off-air from Turkish broadcasters for longer than 72 hours - an unprecedented length of time considering his relentless TV speeches in the months before the general election. 

Preliminary results from Turkey's parliamentary election suggest that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has won over 25 percent of the vote, largely retaining the 26 percent support it received in general elections four years ago, according to unofficial results from Anadolu Agency. 

What kind of messages should we deduce from the main opposition Republican People?s Party?s (CHP) recent election primaries?

The essential message should be this: Primaries increase the enthusiasm and feeling of belonging to the party?s constituency, increasing the intensity of the will of the people.

The hopes of the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) old guards that they would make a glorious comeback were disappointed over the weekend after party members selected fresh faces in the weekend's primary elections.

Hundreds of thousands of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) members flocked to the polling stations on March 29 to vote to elect their candidates for the June 7 parliamentary elections, making the the sole party in putting primaries in place. 

A successful result in Istanbul, Turkey?s biggest city in terms of both the population and the economy, will be a main battleground for the main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) in the June 7 general elections.