Turkish general election, June

Main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce has filed a criminal complaint against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the latter accused the CHP candidate of taking instructions from Pennsylvania-based cleric Fethullah Gülen. 

İYİ (Good) Party leader and presidential candidate Meral Akşener has refuted any prospect of an alliance with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying AKP officials had offered her a position in the cabinet but she turned it down.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again taken aim at Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP), saying he should quit politics if he does not win in the upcoming snap presidential election.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 9 criticized Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz for his government's decision to shut down seven mosques and expel 40 imams, warning of a "crusader-crescent war."    

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce vowed late June 8 to retire from politics if President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins the June 24 election. “But I have one condition: Erdoğan would face me on a TV debate before the elections,” İnce added. Here is the story of the landmark rally in photos…

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu pledged to write a “civilian constitution,” in an event that the Nation Alliance would have the majority in the parliament, stating that the constitution will be prepared with all civilian segments in society.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the grassroots of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to not give any damage to the two parties' "People's Alliance," after the MHP leader also blasted rumblings of discontent in both parties.

Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has said Turkey faces "serious economic problems" due to the government, adding that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is "too tired" to solve them. 

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been sentenced by a court to pay 185,000 Turkish Liras in compensation for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) of pledging to destroy what the ruling party has done.