People ' s Party

Özgür Özel was elected as the new chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) early on Nov. 5 in the party's 38th ordinary congress.

İdris Nebi Hatipoğlu, an İYİ (Good) Party deputy from central Eskişehir city, has announced his resignation from the party, citing "deep differences of opinion."

"In my political journey as a person who loves Türkiye and Eskişehir, I have been experiencing deep differences of opinion with the İYİ Party," he said in a statement shared on X, formerly Twitter, on Nov. 2.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is gearing up for its 38th ordinary congress scheduled to take place this weekend, on Nov. 4 and 5, where the party's chairman for the upcoming term will be determined.

A good majority of the Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmakers have pledged support to the continued leadership of Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as he will try to keep his position against two contenders during the next weekend's convention.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has declared that his party's mayors are gearing up to deliver aid to Gaza in a bid to support the Palestinians in the region.

"We will provide all kinds of assistance to the Palestinians living in Gaza, our mayors should be ready," Kılıçdaroğlu said during his party's group meeting on Oct. 31.

Türkiye's top court has ruled in favor of Can Atalay, the imprisoned lawmaker from the Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP), declaring a "violation of rights in terms of the right to be elected and the right to personal liberty and security" in his case related to the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov is leaving today for his first official visit to Vienna in an attempt to change Austria's decision to block Bulgaria's membership in the Schengen area. Talks with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and meetings in the Austrian Parliament are planned.

With a few months left for the local elections slated for March next year, Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has announced his intention to seek reelection.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has declared that her party will enter the municipal elections scheduled for March next year without forming any alliances, urging other political parties to follow suit.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) role as the representative of Türkiye's population, calling it the "party of all 85 million people."