June 2015 Republican People's Party election campaign

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Jan. 31 visited Elazığ province and its districts that were hit by an earthquake which killed 41 people last week.

"Turkey's entire population was united over the earthquake in Elazığ province," Kılıçdaroğlu told reporters.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Jan. 26 said it was necessary to refrain from getting into political polemics right after the natural disaster that happened in Elazığ.

A workshop on the Kanal İstanbul project - a mega-infrastructure project involving the construction of a 45-kilometer shipping canal in Istanbul parallel to the Bosphorus Strait, was held by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Jan. 10

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 27  reiterated Turkey's "determination" to realize the Kanal Istanbul project and slammed the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) criticisms.

"They are trying to end the project before it begins, with some claims that have no scientific, logical or reasonable explanation," Erdoğan said.

Turkey will hold a tender for Canal Istanbul,  a mega-infrastructure project involving the construction of a 45-kilometer shipping canal in Istanbul parallel to the Bosphorus Strait, in the coming weeks, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Dec. 19 accused the government of "betraying" the metropolis Istanbul with the planned Canal Istanbul project. He also claimed that the project will not be actualized because there will be "a change of government in the next elections."

The main opposition party's leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has urged the Turkish government to take lessons from the Syrian conflict and not to deploy troops to Libya as Ankara and Tripoli have agreed on a comprehensive security and defense deal.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said recent economic policies were the root cause of mass suicides that took place in Turkey in recent weeks.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Nov. 12 slammed the government's economic policies on declining unemployment, saying that the policies only increased the number of unemployed people.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the U.S. House of Representatives' recent resolution on the events of 1915 and a sanctions bill, saying doing such things out of "vengeance" is wrong.