Levent Gök

Turkey's social democratic main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court on Sept.

A group of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputies walked out of parliament debates on May 20, in protest at Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman over his previous remarks on secularism.

Turkey's main opposition party has reiterated that it will not discuss any shift in the country's political system during talks to write a new constitution, despite persistence on the issue from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has called for the release of dozens of journalists being held in prison in Turkey, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A senior executive of the main opposition Republican People Party (CHP) has dismissed President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's recent statements demanding the removal of Turkey's "dual-headed system," claiming that the public wants the existing parliamentary system to be strengthened, not removed.

The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) urged Turkey to end all criminal cases and investigations against journalists on terrorism-related charges in a written statement on Oct. 20.

Senior executives of the Republican People?s Party (CHP) have warned President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, arguing his refusal to give the mandate to form a government to their party, which garnered the second highest vote total in the June 7 parliamentary election, would simply mean ?putschism.?

Statements by a veteran member of parliament, Republican People's Party's (CHP) Deniz Baykal, who recently lost his run for parliament speaker's office, led to disagreements over incidents leading up to the election of the speaker, which was finalized last week with the election of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) candidate, ?smet Y?lmaz.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has failed to give any party a mandate to attempt to form a coalition government, one month after general elections, while the newly elected parliamentary speaker?s office has also been stalling the coalition talks, the Republican People?s Party (CHP) has argued.

Hours before Turkey?s newly elected parliament was scheduled to gather on June 30 to elect a new speaker, candidates resumed visits to party leaders to seek support for their bids, while the legitimacy of one candidate was questioned and two of the four parties in parliament refused to visit each other?s candidate.