Controversies during the Turkish general election, November

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has expressed his desire to form a single-party government through the votes of Turkish citizens, regardless of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's initiative to give the mandate if the CHP does not gain a majority of the vote in the upcoming Nov. 1 election.

'Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey: Party Politics and the Mobilization of Swing Voters' by Gül Ar?kan Akda? (Routledge, 282 pages)

An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) sleeper cell based in the southeastern province of Gaziantep was behind the twin suicide bombings that killed 100 peace activists in Ankara on Oct. 10, the Ankara Prosecutor's Office said in a written statement.

A total of 93 ballot boxes have been moved in Turkey's southeastern ??rnak province despite a previous decision by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) rejecting the relocation of polling stations for security reasons ahead of the upcoming Nov. 1 snap elections.

The heads of the Republican People?s Party (CHP) and the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) have both continued their criticism of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu following the deadly Oct. 10 Ankara suicide bombings, saying Turkey is currently in a dangerous power vacuum.

An Ankara court issued on Oct. 14 a broad media ban over the Oct. 10 Ankara suicide bomber investigation.

According to the court decision, the ban includes "all kinds of news, interviews, criticism and similar publications in print, visual, social media and all kinds of media on the Internet" covered by the investigation.

Two polling stations in Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak have been moved despite a decision by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) rejecting the relocation of ballot boxes for ?security? reasons.   

Thousands of people, many chanting anti-government slogans, gathered in central Ankara on Oct. 11 near the scene of bomb blasts which killed at least 95 people, mourning the victims of the most deadly attack of its kind on Turkish soil.

Selahattin Demirta?, co-head of the HDP criticizes both gov't and President Erdo?an for the Ankara attack that claimed at least 95 livesSelahattin Demirta?, the co-chair of the People?s Democratic Party (HDP) whose members are among the victims of the Oct. 10 Ankara attack, harshly criticized both government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an for poor inspection on recent similar attacks. 

Selahattin Demirta?, co-head of the HDP criticizes both gov't and President Erdo?an for the Ankara attack that claimed at least 86 livesSelahattin Demirta?, the co-chair of the People?s Democratic Party (HDP) whose members are among the victims of the Oct. 10 Ankara attack, harshly criticized both government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an for poor inspection on recent similar attacks.