Veli Ağbaba

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Dec. 16 voiced support for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's remarks on a possible shutdown of Kürecik and İncirlik air bases yet slammed the government for "waiting" to close the bases.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Veli Ağbaba has said the party is under “institutional attack,” with CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and others threatened with imprisonment.

As Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz confirmed on Sept. 19 that Turkey's high school entrance exam will not be held this year, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) continued to raise concerns on the issue, with one of its deputies claiming that the move aims to funnel students to religion-focused high schools.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is planning to invite all fractions of the society to its "justice congress" set to be held in the western province of Çanakkale between Aug. 26 and 30. 

Joining the main opposition party's justice march to cover it on its 20th day, one of the first things that attracted my attention was a man carrying a large straw hat. A picture of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, along with the word "justice" was attached to the hat.

The administration of parliament has refused to allow the guide dog of a visually impaired advisor to main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Veli Ağbaba to enter the parliament building. 

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will present a motion for parliament to research the cause of the deadly May 31 helicopter crash in the southeastern province of Şırnak, which killed 13 soldiers.

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has visited two educators, who were arrested after being on hunger strike for over 75 days in protest at being dismissed from their jobs through state of emergency decrees, in a jail in Ankara. 

The police officer who killed two children in the Silopi district of the southeastern province of Şırnak with his armored car did not know how to operate the vehicle, according to a report prepared by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), daily Cumhuriyet reported May 22. 

The government has confessed that Turkey's century-long republican regime will be changed if a shift to an executive presidential system is approved in a referendum on April 16, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, citing a top presidential advisor who said the referendum contains "revolutionary characteristics."