18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention

CHP urges government to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

Turkey should immediately pull back all of its troops and policemen from Afghanistan, the leader of the main opposition party has urged.

"I am calling on the government: Pull back our soldiers and policemen from Afghanistan. Our troops serve only for the interests of our people," Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said on Twitter late Aug. 15.

Ex-Turkish presidential contender forms new political party

A politician who once ran as a presidential challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, formed a new political party on May 17, months after he broke away from Turkey's main opposition party.

Muharrem Ince, 56, formally applied to the Interior Ministry to establish the Memleket Partisi, or Homeland Party, and was immediately chosen as its chairman.

CHP lambasts gov’t over withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has strongly denounced President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for withdrawing Turkey from the Istanbul Convention that promotes gender rights and stipulates concrete legal and administrative actions to stop the violence against women.

Parliamentary immunity a must, says CHP leader

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has underlined that parliamentary immunity is a must in safeguarding parliamentarians in the absence of judicial independence, while commenting about an ongoing discussion following the submission of summary of proceedings against 33 MPs including many from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Turkish Opposition Star’s Frustration Risks Helping Erdogan

Muharrem Ince, a senior name in Turkey's main opposition social democratic Republican People's Party, CHP, did well as his party's presidential candidate in 2018 against Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

He lost the election in the first round but created a new energy in the opposition ranks after polling a respectable 31 per cent of the votes.

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