Turkish general election, June

Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said he urged CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to hold a convention for a change of the party's leadership and offered him to become the honorary leader of the social-democratic party.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) managed to maintain its votes in the June 24 elections thanks to some Justice and Development Party (AKP) supporters who voted for the nationalist party, according to a leading pollster.

Main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce responded to inner-party debates and said he would not step up against CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for the leadership, adding that he would continue his mission to be "the president of 81 million people."

Fresh from its June 24 election victory, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will hold its sixth regular grand congress on August 18, a party spokesperson said on June 29.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu refuted assessments that his party was defeated in the June 24 polls and said "no one can describe us as unsuccessful."

Four people have been detained for firing guns into the air in Istanbul's Sultangazi district after polls closed and initial results started to be announced in Turkey's twin presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24.

With the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) accelerating works to shape the new administrative system following the June 24 polls, all eyes have now turned on the potential owners of 140 key positions in the state apparatus and the AKP management under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who has come under fire within his party after another election loss against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has refuted calls for his resignation.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has faced multiple calls from inside the party to resign from the leadership after the June 24 elections. 

Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), conceded defeat in the June 24 presidential elections on June 25, denying social media rumors that he was "threatened" by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.