18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention

CHP leader slams Erdoğan for using Hagia Sophia as strategy to court votes

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after he once again said he would convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, saying the president used the matter, a sensitive issue for conservative voters, as a strategy to garner more votes only a few days before the local elections this weekend.

Pitting people against each other to win elections not right: CHP head

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's election campaign rhetoric for the upcoming March 31 elections, saying discriminating citizens according to their ideological affiliations is not right.

CHP's İnce says he wants primary elections to select Istanbul mayoral candidate

Muharrem İnce, the defeated presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), suggested holding primary elections to select the best candidate for Istanbul's mayoral seat in a meeting with party chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Nov. 22.

Erdoğan using Brunson crisis to cover up his economic failure: CHP

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is deliberately using the ongoing row with the United States over the detention of pastor Andrew Brunson to cover up his big failure in the economy, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, accusing the president of not taking necessary measures to stop the plunge of the Turkish Lira despite seeing the crisis coming. 

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