Controversies during the Turkish general election, November

Disguised as a journalist, the provocateur was on the screens again. He was cheering a security operation against the legal offices and elected executives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP).

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has condemned the Dec. 10 Istanbul bombings, saying the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) cannot "achieve its objectives through such crimes."  

The CHP convened its Central Executive Board on Dec. 12 following the deadly attack that struck Istanbul's Beşiktaş district over the weekend. 

The appointed lawyers for 36 suspects linked to last year's deadly Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara have demanded to withdraw from the case, telling the court board that they do not want to plead in the case, which opened on Nov. 7.  

Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon has expressed his concern about the arrest of deputies of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and about the scale of the measures taken in Turkey after the coup attempt.

The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has been sent to a courthouse in the southeastern province on Diyarbakir with a demand for his arrest following his detention alongside 10 other HDP members on terror charges.  

Turkish EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik has slammed EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn for his remarks about the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) role in the solution of the Kurdish issue in Turkey. In a series of posts made on his official Twitter account late on Sept. 27, Çelik criticized Hahn's characterization of the HDP's role as "key."

The deputy chair of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was arrested on terror charges in the northern province of Tokat early on Sept. 16. HDP deputy chair Alp Altınörs was sent to Tokat Courthouse and arrested over allegations of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

An explosion has occurred in an area near a headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Van, Southeastern Turkery, Hürriyet Daily News reported.

As many as 11 have been injured, according to an AKP official.

The office of Van's governor is also not far from the site of the blast.

No-one has claimed responsibility.

A group of soldiers entered the Doğan Media Center, which hosts Hürriyet newspaper, Hürriyet Daily News, broadcaster CNNTürk and other Doğan media companies, in Istanbul early on July 16, taking several journalists and other staff in the building hostage for some time.

The 13 private soldiers and corporals headed by a middle-ranking soldiers, entered the headquarters on a helicopter.

A bill proposed by Turkey's ruling party that would strip some parliamentarians of their immunity from prosecution is likely to create more violence and stifle democratic politics, the co-chair of the Kurdish-issue-focused opposition party has said.