Turkish general election, June

Turkey complies with any "foreign interventions" on its major issues, the main opposition party leader said, suggesting that Ankara allowed the murderers of the Saudi journalist to leave Turkey after a phone call between Saudi King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener celebrated the founding of the Turkish Republic at the official ceremony in Anıtkabir, however, did not participate in the rest of the program at the presidential palace and the reception held in Istanbul.

Following a rift with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has lent support to opposition parties in parliament in a rare move over a motion to establish a parliamentary committee on the issue of early retirement in Turkey.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has announced it will not ally with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the March 2019 municipal elections amid a growing row between the two parties over a debate on "nationalism" and a proposed amnesty law, signaling an end to the "People's Alliance" they had formed earlier in 2018.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Oct. 9 called on the government to "immediately review its relations with Saudi Arabia" and convey its concerns to the country over the case of the missing Saudi journalist. 

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his remarks that the government would appoint a trustee to elected HDP mayors after March polls "if they are linked to terror" and suggested it was "blackmail to voters and harms confidence in democracy."

Senior officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have begun talks for an alliance in the upcoming local elections.

The Justice Ministry is working on whether or not to grant a partial amnesty for some prisoners in response to the Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) law drafted to that end, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, vowing not to take any step that would hurt the people's conscience.

Turkey has the capacity to open and close all EU chapters within six months if principled negotiations are carried out, said the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) spokesperson on Oct. 6.

Both main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the İYİ (Good) Party have slammed the Turkish government over a recently rolled out new economic program, while also lashing out at a deal with the global consulting firm McKinsey and Company.