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Finance minister hosts CHP officials to discuss policies
Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek met with main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy leader for economic affairs Yalçın Karatepe on June 24, marking a move in the ongoing "softening" and "normalization" period in the Turkish politics.
The meeting also included CHP secretary-general Selin Sayek Böke and deputy leader Volkan Demir.
Top election body rejects CHP application for Hatay reelection
Türkiye's Supreme Election Council (YSK) has announced that it has rejected an application logged by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) to annul the mayoral election in the southern city of Hatay.
Main opposition CHP appoints central executive board member Erdoğdu as new deputy leader
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has appointed its Istanbul lawmaker Aykut Erdoğdu as the party's new deputy leader responsible for the economy in lieu of Selin Sayek Böke, who has recently resigned from her post.
Böke will not run for Turkey's main opposition CHP chair after resignation
Selin Sayek Böke, who recently announced her resignation from her duties in the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has said she will not run for the party leadership.
Main opposition CHP appoints deputy leader Tezcan as new spokesman
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Bülent Tezcan has been appointed as the party's new spokesperson, filling a position left vacant after former spokesperson Selin Sayek Böke resigned.
Tezcan gave his first press conference as spokesperson on May 10 after the party's Central Executive Board meeting.
CHP, the miserable party
Can there be a political party more miserable, incompetent, clumsy and factious than the perennial main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP)? Many people have kept stressing on in the past many decades that this country does not a government problem; what is absent is a credible opposition capable enough to be an alternative to those in government.
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Main opposition CHP to use all democratic means against referendum results
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will use all its democratic rights to ensure the referendum is rerun, CHP spokesperson Selin Sayek Böke has said, vowing that her party will "not recognize" the result of the April 16 referendum.
Main opposition party could withdraw from parliament: Spokeswoman
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) could consider withdrawing from parliament in protest at irregularities in the April 16 referendum, the party's spokeswoman, Selin Sayek Böke, has said on April 19.
"We do not recognize the referendum result," she said.
CHP asks why state-run banks' board meetings postponed after referendum
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has questioned why all general board meetings of Turkey's state-run lenders have been postponed until after the referendum, speculating that the government may be "afraid of something in their balance sheets."
CHP spokesperson slams minister over terror accusations
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) spokesperson Selin Sayek Böke has slammed Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu for accusing CHP lawmakers of supporting terror, describing his comments as "an example of great irresponsibility."